Children with Autism and Their Parents Share Chemical Intolerances
Medical researchers are finding that children with autism and their parents suffer in some of the same ways when they encounter certain chemicals in everyday products. Recently, at the invitation of...
View ArticleMedical Implants: Initiators of TILT?
The Pulitzer Prize-winning publication ProPublica drew attention in May to the lack of centralized data on implanted medical devices. Where can patients find out when a pacemaker, breast implant or...
View ArticleGroundbreaking National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Individual...
I presented April 18 at the National Academy of Sciences Workshop “Biological Factors that Underlie Individual Susceptibility to Environmental Stressors and Their Implications for Decision-Making.” The...
View ArticleIf You Throw a Magnet in a Computer … It TILTs
Dr. Nicholas Ashford, my co-author of the book Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes, presented a thought-provoking analogy about how the same chemical exposure can affect people differently....
View ArticleAre You a Modern Canary?
Describing preparations for Hurricane Sandy, guest blogger Laura MacCleery gives a humorous example of the old adage about how “no good deed goes unpunished.” Laura is a lawyer, mother and...
View ArticleAmid the Tragedy, a Lesson for Health Professionals
The shooting tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., underscores the urgency for mental health practitioners to understand the TILT iceberg. The iceberg is a graphical depiction of...
View ArticleDiesel Exhaust Amplifies Allergies
The Japanese cedar was never known to cause allergic rhinitis in Japan until the 1960s even though the tree had been indigenous to Japan for more than a million years. Recognition of cedar-induced...
View ArticleLessons for Doctors and Employees in the Google Incident
Hundreds of Google employees were exposed for months to the toxic chemical TCE, or trichloroethylene, at the search company’s offices in Mountain View, Calif. No employees reported becoming sick but...
View ArticleAir Pollution’s Harm Reaches into the Cradle
Chemically intolerant patients have for years moved from cities and other pollution sources, e.g., locations that burn wood to heat homes in winter, like parts of the Pacific Northwest, because of air...
View ArticleHospitals Need a ‘No-Fragrance’ Rule
My 85-year-old mother recently had to go to the hospital emergency room for a subdural hematoma. She’s very sensitive to fragrances. Members of her bridge club and singing group know this and respect...
View ArticleTILTed in China
China’s air pollution is so bad that I can imagine doctors’ offices there are filled with sick people. And I suspect many patients have TILT, and they won’t be diagnosed correctly or get well. China...
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