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Autism

Why Do You Think 32 Million Kids Have Chronic Illnesses?

by Maureen H. McDonnell, RN on June 14, 2011

 A new study(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876285910002500) begs us to ask this question because these new statistics are not only startling, they are completely unacceptable! 

“Was this always the case?” you might ask.  The answer is an emphatic no!   Better diagnosis can certainly account for some of the increase, and we know genetics plays a role.  But, having been a pediatric registered nurse for the past 34 years, the way I see it is:  the increase in the production and use of chemicals (87, 000 in our air, water and food) , poor nutrition (Americans spend 90% of their food budget on processed foods) and an outlandish number of vaccines  (36-45 now given before the age of  five) have combined to create a perfect storm  allowing 54% of our children to develop one form or another of chronic illness including developmental and behavioral disorders.   [click to continue…]

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Getting healhty helps you get pregnant….A wonderful endorsement

May 16, 2011

When my husband and I began dating seriously, we discussed future hopes and plans.  One thing we immediately agreed upon was that we wanted to try to start a family as soon as we were married.  As a woman in my early 30s, I observed several friends who married with the same hopes and plans, [...]

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Why is Everyone Going Gluten-Free?

February 23, 2011

by Maureen McDonnell,RN… (my favorite gluten free cookie recipe at end) Let’s start by identifying exactly what gluten is:  According to Lisa Lewis, PhD, author of Special Diets for Special Kids and coauthor of The Encyclopedia of Dietary interventions for Autism and Related Disorders, gluten is a protein found in members of the grass family [...]

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Are There Safer Ways to Vaccinate Our Children? published in Feb issue of WNC Woman Magazine

February 1, 2011

Are There Safer Ways to Vaccinate Our Children? Maureen McDonnell, RN “There are unanswered questions about vaccine safety. We need studies on vaccinated populations based on various schedules and doses as well as individual patient susceptibilities that we are continuing to learn about. No one should be threatened by the pursuit of this knowledge. Vaccine [...]

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Why the Push to Discredit Dr. Wakefield?

January 8, 2011

Recently I was reading a piece on autism, and the fact that an advertisement for the drug Concerta was placed directly below the article, says a lot about this question.   See, if we the public are conjured into believing (through slick ads) that the only tool available to us when we are ill is a [...]

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Emerging Science and Common Sense Provide Better Answers for Autism

September 26, 2010

No one has all the answers as to why so many children are developing autism. Genetic predisposition plus environmental factors? The increase in the number of vaccines given to a child before the age of 5? Some even explain this by saying there is better diagnosis rather than a real increase. The problem is, as [...]

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What About Mom?

July 1, 2010

What About Mom? In addition to taking care of everyone else, busy moms need to take care of themselves too! I grew up in an Irish-Catholic family where little self -indulgences like getting a massage, taking a hot bath with candles or even going on a solitary walk to calm the mind were unheard of.  [...]

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