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More Thoughts On A Gluten-Free Diet For Children With Autism
(hepingting/Flickr) Yesterday, I wrote about this study– based on a survey — that suggests a gluten-free and casein-free diet may help improve physical symptoms and behavior among children with autism....
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Rethinking Autism As A ‘Whole Body’ Condition
We often think of autism as a disorder of the brain. And it certainly is. But a new book, “The Autism Revolution,” (Random House) by Dr. Martha Herbert, an autism expert and pediatric neurologist at...
View ArticleThe Loneliest Patients: When They Can't Make Decisions, Who Will?
They're the 'unbefriended,' patients lacking the mental capacity to make medical decisions and relatives to do it for them. As this population grows, so does the urgency of how to treat them.
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital's $1B Expansion Gets Final Approval
The plan has been controversial because of concerns about rising health costs and because the expansion will result in the demolition of the beloved Prouty Garden.
View ArticleLeading Psychosis Expert To His Students: To Avoid Risk, Hold Off On Pot Til 30
As attitudes toward marijuana shift, a leading expert on psychosis warns about heavy teen use and concern that it raises the risk of later schizophrenia from about 1 percent to 3 percent.
View ArticleAfter 3 Decades Of Seizures, Life With My New Brain
Letitia Browne-James struggled with epilepsy-induced seizures and brain fog until she was 31. Then a surgeon removed a small piece of her brain. In the four years since the operation, she hasn't had a...
View ArticleKiller Candy Corn? Society Calculates Lethal Dose Of Halloween Sugar
You may have wondered nauseously in the midst of a post-trick-or-treat binge: Just how much of this stuff would it take to actually kill me? The American Chemical Society has done the math.
View ArticleStudy: Health Insurance Costs Growing Slower, But Pinching Harder
While a new report finds that the cost of health insurance premiums is growing slower, that growth is still outpacing income growth -- which means a larger percent of our incomes are going towards...
View ArticleNew Science Mag: Misguided Therapy For Fatigue Syndrome 'Worse Than The Disease'
The magazine Undark chronicles how flawed research led to faulty recommendations that likely hurt many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
View ArticleOpinion: I Advise My Patients Against Marijuana, But Here’s Why I’ll Vote To...
"Rising prison populations constitute a major threat to public health and I believe the costs of incarceration for patients and communities simply outweigh the dangers of marijuana."
View ArticleDoctors' Group: Neither Candidate Should Have Finger On Hair-Trigger Nukes
"There have been multiple near-misses and near-launches," Dr. Matt Bivens writes. "Do we really want to trust anyone with this situation?"
View ArticleBritish Vs. American Health Care, Through One Trainee Doctor's Eyes
Dr. Martin Kaminski, raised in Massachusetts, writes about the revelations of returning home to practice medicine.
View ArticleTesting The Claim That Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol Or Tobacco
We look at the science behind the claim in three areas: addiction or dependence, disease, and death.
View ArticleCounterpoint: It's Not Just OK To Throw Out Halloween Candy, It's Smart
"Typical Halloween candy isn’t food, it’s junk, despite marketing ploys suggesting otherwise. A few nuts doesn’t counterbalance the sugar in an Almond Joy."
View ArticleLate NFL Player Turner's Brain Called 'Best Evidence' Of Trauma Link To ALS...
Kevin Turner's brain was "riddled with CTE," a BU researcher said Thursday.
View ArticleCounterpoint: We Fail Our Patients If We Don't Try To Treat Obesity
An obesity specialist responds to a doctor who has largely stopped telling her patients to lose weight: "We should be willing to treat obesity as the disease that it is. And that means we start by...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Couldn't Stop Emailing, And The Therapist Who Got Sucked In
The internet allows eating disorder therapist Jean Fain to help clients from afar. But sometimes, email becomes the problem.
View ArticleRoughly 5 Mass. Residents Are Dying Daily Due To Overdose, Most Involving...
Seventy-four percent of men and women who died in July, August and September as a result of an opioid overdose had fentanyl in their system.
View ArticleSuffering From Election Anxiety? You're Not Alone
A survey by the American Psychological Association found that 52 percent of adults say the election has been a significant source of stress.
View ArticleFentanyl Deaths Rise As Curbing Supply Proves Difficult
Massachusetts law enforcement agents are reaching out to patients who've overdosed, but they are desperate to reduce the flow of fentanyl.
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