The Journal of Integrative Medicine's March 2013 issue reported an interesting finding on the effect of homeopathic Phytolacca Decandra (PD) on skin melanoma. In this study, researchers looked at how PD would impact skin melanoma, cervix cancer and prostate cancer after being exposed for 24  and 48 hours.  Treating with PD reduced cell viability in vitro for ALL THREE cancer types, but the impacton A375 cells was more remarkable at 48 hours of treatment, so researchers focused more in depth on skin melanoma. 

We have heard it a number of times for a number of condtions - early diagnosis is key.  This is also true for autism where early intervention with treatments and therapies can have promising and long lasting results. But do you know the signs that babies 6-12 months old exhibit that can be red flags for autism?

Gastrointestinal issues are experienced by the majority of children and adults with autism. According to the CDC, children with autism are 3.5 times more likely to suffer from chronic diarrhea or constipation than typically developing peers. Other symptoms include vomiting/reflux, abdominal pain, gas and foul-smelling stools.

Last year the dramatic rise in the number of children with autism made national headlines – the number released by the CDC was 1 in 88 children born today will be diagnosed with autism. But are those the real numbers or are they much higher? What the CDC did not make evident was that the numbers they reported at the end of March 2012 was from data collected in 2008 – the numbers were already four years old!