Genetics
New Pieces to the Autism Puzzle
Thanks to the largest and most ambitious scientific study to ever look into what makes someone susceptible to autism, we now have a new layer of understanding about this important condition. First, a …
Cord Blood Banking
Cord Blood I love being able to help my children give gifts. For Mother's Day and for my wife's birthday, it's a treat for me to get a sense of what the kids want to give, and to provide what they nee…
What to do about Cord Blood Banking
What's Best for Your Family? Parents are often confronted with brochures asking them to make an expensive investment in collecting and storing their baby's cord blood. How to decide? (more…)…
What Color Eyes Will Your Baby Have?
In Dr. Greene's groundbreaking book From First Kicks to First Steps he describes how eye colors (and many other things) are inherited. How will the traits of Mom and Dad combine to create a brand new …
Genetics, Smoke, and Asthma
Not all kids are affected the same way by exposure to smoke in their environments. Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture of toxic gases and toxic particles, over 4000 chemicals in all. Repeated exposure …
A Must for Children with ADHD
A recent study has changed my thinking about ADHD, and I hope it changes the way that all children with ADHD are evaluated and treated. And that parents are treated. Parents deserve better understandi…
Cheap Genetic Testing At Home?
A brilliant idea may bring expensive medical tests into reach using nothing more exotic than home computer with a CD drive. Up until now, many specific protein tests have relied on $100,000 fluorescen…
Finding Migraines
Even though migraines are quite common, they often go undiagnosed and under-treated for years. A technique called ID migraine is a simple set of three questions that can be a powerful way to detect mi…
Owwies and Boo-boos: Kids’ Pain
Sometimes children tumble, skin their knees, and keep right on playing happily. Other times, the slightest ?owwie' can cause children to dissolve in tears. Research published in the June 23, 2003 onli…
Stem Cells Found in Baby Teeth
My youngest son put his tooth under his pillow this weekend, giggling with anticipation of what the tooth fairy would bring. Across the country, Songtao Shi, a pediatric dentist at the National Instit…
The Era of Cloning
Clonaid has announced that the first cloned human baby ("Eve") travels home to the U.S. on December 30, 2002. Whether or not tests confirm that this little girl is a human clone, other clones will soo…
Autism on the Rise
Can you trust statistics? Back in 1999, a report from California's Department of Developmental Services, concluded that the number of children with profound autism had grown from 2,778 in 1987 to 10,3…
Breastfeeding Advantages for Mom!
About 25,000 cases of invasive breast cancer could be prevented each year if women breastfed each of their children for an average of 8-9 months, instead of the current average of 2-3 months, accordin…
Children’s Environmental Health Research Centers Studies Effect of Toxic Exposures on Autism, ADHD, Hearing, Behavior, & IQ
Current evidence tells us that DDT was responsible for a host of medical problems and the deaths of many children - but the link wasn't proven until more than 30 years later! (more…)…
Diagnosis in the 21st Century
The Lancet chronicles a story of deductive reasoning, genetic medicine, and international cooperation. A physician relative of the deceased kept wondering if the death might have been not due to alcoh…
Mapping The Human Genetic Code
Mapping the 3 billion molecules of the human genetic code is a stunning, unprecedented breakthrough. We can expect a series of amazing health advances cascading from this remarkable achievement. We ca…
Fast Facts about Diabetes
A fasting blood sugar at or above 126 mg/dL or a random blood sugar at or above 200 mg/dL is diagnostic of diabetes, according to the official American Diabetes Association definition. (more…)…
Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC)
A Quiet Salute. Devastating genetic diseases are sometimes hardwired into children. One such condition called OTC makes the protein that should fuel growth into a dangerous, toxic substance for these …
Cow’s Milk and Diabetes
Dr. Greene reports on a study looking at cow's milk and type 1 diabetes... Pediatric News (33(8):2, 1999), has reported on a significant new study coming out of Finland. Up until now, the relationship…
Could Childhood Obesity be a Genetic Disorder? Yes!
The July issue of Pediatrics reports convincing evidence (from an investigation of twins growing up in different environments) that up to 80% of the variation in body fat between children is genetic a…