The Chicago Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/autism-alternatives 11/23, Tsouderos, Callahan) reports, “Thousands of US children undergo” alternative “therapies…at the urging of physicians who say they can successfully treat” some “children with autism.” However, “after reviewing…scientific studies and interviewing top researchers in the field, the Tribune found that many of these treatments amount to uncontrolled experiments on vulnerable children.” Some therapies include vitamin and supplement regimens, oxygen chambers, hormones, and even “chelation,” even though “last year, the National Institutes of Health halted a controversial government-funded study of chelation before a single child with autism was treated” after finding that “rats without lead poisoning showed signs of cognitive damage after being treated with a chelator.”
Chicago Tribune Investigates Alternative Treatments for Autism.
November 24, 2009 by abrandemihl
Posted in Alternative Treatments, Asperger's Disorder, Autism | Tagged alternative therapies autism, Alternative Treatments for Autism, chelation, Chicago Tribune, cognitive damage after being treated with a chelator, hormones, oxygen chambers, study of chelation, vitamin and supplement regimens | Leave a Comment
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