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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 More Can We Do Now to Prevent Breast Cancer?

September 22, 2010

Most of the information women receive regarding breast cancer has to do with early detection. With 1 in 8 women being diagnosed with this illness, we need more research and information focused on PREVENTION….

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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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