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DDR has a new address and phone number

121 S. Winebiddle St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-450-0373

• The Autism Thyroid Connection - Could the autism and thyroid disease “epidemics” be related? Absolutely!   Many health care providers miss the diagnosis of hypothyroidism in children with autism because they rely on unreliable thyroid blood tests.  Learn which test pinpoints what is wrong and what to do. 
  
• Balanced Vision: Learn how the visual and vestibular systems interact.
• Vitamin D & Autism: Is there a Link?
• The Anti-Bully Law Oxymoron: Why it is impossible for anti-bully laws to eliminate bullying.
• Kelly Dorfman: "Nutrition Detective" Learn from DDR co-founder and nutritionist, Kelly Dorfman on a regular basis.   Kelly has a new book:  What's Eating Your Child.  Watch the trailer and order it now.  Go to her book's website and see if she is speaking anywhere near you on her book tour this summer.  If not, you can listen to her on Federal News Radio on May 26th.
  

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The Flu Shot - This fall you can't turn around without being reminded that the "flu" season is just around the corner and it is time for every American - but especially infants, kindergarteners through high school graduates and anyone over 50 - to get a shot of influenza vaccine. Should you and your family get flu shots?

Read below before you decide.

"Flu Facts" from NVIC 

"Flu shots contain toxins.  Consider taking Vitamin D instead," says Dr. Mayer Eisenstein. 

Flu Vaccines are Unsafe and Ineffectivesays Dr. Joseph Mercola.

"Teacher Says" Columnist Evelyn Porreca Vuko Dies

The education community and I lost a true friend with the passing this week of Evelyn Vuko. She was only 64. Ev valiantly fought her body's attempts at keeping her down for more than 20 years. She was one of the few people I know who fully embraced and lived "integrative medicine." 

When I met her, she was eating and living a macrobiotic diet and lifestyle, which she complemented with a strong spiritual attachment. As her disease progressed, she relied on radiation and chemotherapy to get her through tough times.  Always, she was cheerful and optimistic.

Ev wrote several articles for "New Developments.  Put her name in the search box above to read them.  Her years of columns syndicated by The Washington Post as "Teacher Says" had millions of readers.  They were delightful and right on target, and are collected in her book, Teacher Says:  30 Foolproof Ways to Help Kids Thrive in School. I was honored to write a testamonial on the cover. 

Goodbye, girlfriend.  I'll miss you lots!

Scandal Exposed in Denmark Study of Autism and Mercury: Autism Rates DID Decline after Thimerosal was Removed!

U.S. officials apparently colluded in covering-up the decline in Denmark's autism rates following the removal of mercury from vaccines.

Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show that CDC officials were aware of Danish data indicating a connection between removing Thimerosal (49.55% mercury) and a decline in autism rates. One of the FOIA documents obtained from CDC clearly indicates that autism rates actually dropped after mercury was removed from Danish vaccines. 

In 1992 Denmark removed Thimerosal from all Danish vaccines.  A well-publicized Danish study published in Pediatrics 2003 claimed that autism rates actually increased after Thimerosal was phased out. This study which became a cornerstone for the notion that mercury does not cause autism. omitted large amounts of data showing the decline.

The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) has demanded that the CDC launch an immediate investigation of the CDC officials involved based on scientific fraud. CoMeD is also calling for the full retraction of the deceptive article which appeared in Pediatrics.