Your World and You: Tips to Improve Your Family’s Health – Issue 37 (Premium)
Environmental and Nutritional Tips to Improve Your Family’s Health This feature highlights reports, studies, and feedback on efforts that can make a positive impact in our quest for health. Topics we cover in this issue are included […]
Can Resveratrol Restore a Compromised Blood Brain Barrier? (Premium)
Inflammation in the brain has been associated with a number of adverse neurological conditions, including among others, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, PANDAS/PANS, autism, tic disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. A leaky blood-brain barrier allows immune molecules […]
Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Naturopathic/Biomedical Approach
SCOTT CLACK, BSc, ND Dr. Scott Clack is the founder of Touchstone Naturopathic Centre, Oakville, Ontario Parents of children with obsessive compulsive behaviors often tell me that their greatest concern is the antisocial impact. They […]
How Dan Shen Could Become an Important Treatment for PANDAS/PANS
ACN Latitudes Team When learning about PANDAS/PANS, parents struggle to understand what’s happening to their child. They also struggle to find supportive doctors and effective treatments. A medication now in FDA Phase III trials for […]
Modified Atkins Diet for Neurological Problems (Premium)
The ketogenic diet, a high-fat, low-carb approach that is known to reduce seizures for many with epilepsy was developed in the 1920s for use with children. It has since spawned variations, with a key focus […]
It’s Official: Environmental Chemicals Are Harming Brain Development
We’ve reported for decades on the harm that toxic exposures cause both children and adults, so this topic is certainly not new. And it’s well known that fetuses and children are the most vulnerable. But […]
Is This Supplement Plan the Best Answer for ADHD? (Premium)
Studies of single nutrients for ADHD do not indicate that a single vitamin, mineral, or amino acid can reduce symptoms. Yet, a more broad-based approach has been yielding positive results in a number of studies […]
YouTube: TMJ Treatment for Tics
In the office of Dr. Jeffrey Brown and Dr. Brendan Stack, a young patient Kenny and his mom are seen after an adjustment for a dental appliance used to help control his Tourette syndrome tics. […]
Iron Levels and Tourette Syndrome Tic Severity
Daniel M. Keller, PhD reported in Medscape Medical News on new research linking iron levels and the severity of tics in Tourette syndrome. In a poster presentation at the 20th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease […]
1st World Congress on Tics and Tourettes: What Was Missing? (Premium)
Held in London (June 2015), the First World Congress on Tics and Tourettes was designed to address “hot topics” in the field for treatment and emerging research. In a positive move, some integrative, nondrug approaches […]