Autism Perspective

• Knowns and Unknowns About SSRI Use During Pregnancy in 2022 The last 15-20 years have brought enormous attention to the relevant clinical issues in regard to prescribing antidepressants during pregnancy.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, March 23, 2022
• The Male Biological Clock – How to Tell the Time Men older than 45 years require approximately five times longer to achieve a pregnancy as men less than 25 after adjustment for female age.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 26, 2021
• Time to Hit Pause on 'Pausing' Puberty in Gender-Dysphoric Youth Every clinician considering prescribing hormones for youth with gender dysphoria has an important question to ask themselves, says Dr William Malone: Just because I can, does it mean I should?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 17, 2021
• Thyroid-Disrupting Chemicals in the Home and How to Avoid Them Many common household items contain chemicals that can cause serious damage to thyroid function. Here are some simple steps to help avoid them.
  Endocrine Society, September 14, 2021
• Peter Hotez Talks Russia, Lady Gaga, and the Antiscience Movement   Peter Hotez regularly counters antiscience rhetoric. He tells Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese how the movement cost lives in COVID-19, and that as clinicians, speaking up for science is ‘our lane.’
  Medscape, April 21, 2021
• Is Epidural Use During Labor Linked With Autism?   Two studies came to different conclusions on whether the use of epidural analgesia during labor increases the risk for autism in the child. What's going on, and which should we believe?
  Medscape, April 21, 2021
• Is Sending My Suicidal Teen Patient to the ED Enough? After eliciting the teen's realistic suicide plan, you send him to the ED with his parent for crisis mental health evaluation. Have you done enough to prevent this child from dying at his own hand?
  Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2021
• Let Me Tell You About My Vaccine "Did you get it?" she asked. "I did," I responded. "Okay, if you got it, I will."
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 16, 2021
• Roberto Burioni on Conquering COVID and Charming the Skeptics   Virologist-author Roberto Burioni talks about the relevance of variants, why vaccines are our ticket out of this nightmare, and how best to deal with science and vaccine skeptics.
  Medscape, April 02, 2021
• NIH Director Discusses Vaccines, Science, Faith, and Structural Racism   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Francis Collins about vaccine development, faith and vaccine hesitancy, ending structural racism, and more.
  WebMD, March 17, 2021
• 'I Think I'm Transgender': A Clinician's Guide to Next Steps What do you do when a patient discloses that they think they are transgender? Here are the first steps to take.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, February 19, 2021
• Masks and Kids' Emotional Recognition May Be Cause for Worry   Masks are a necessity during the pandemic, but what's the potential damage? Can the emotional connection between children and others survive a masked world?
  Medscape, December 23, 2020
• We're Missing Kids With ASD: Strategies to Improve Screening A recent study found that tools used to screen for ASD provided less than optimal results. Kate Wallis, MD, discusses strategies to improve identification.
  CHOP Expert Commentary, July 29, 2020
• Gaslighting Syndrome: A True Story of Abuse A late night phone call tipped off this psychiatrist that his patient's psychosis might not be quite as it seemed.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 09, 2020
• Are Video Games the Prescription for Quarantine Isolation? Embedding evidence-based approaches into video games gives children an engaging way to address their mental health, according to Dr Isabela Granic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 08, 2020
• Let's Stop the Draconian Visiting Restrictions One physician's thoughts on how to loosen visitation restrictions responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 27, 2020
• Should Docs Steer Clear of TikTok?   Drs Alok Patel, Danielle Jones, and Austin Chiang discuss the use of TikTok to share health information with a younger audience base.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, March 20, 2020
• Multiple Psych Disorders Genetically Linked -- New Findings   Some psychiatric disorders are frequently observed together. Could they share a genetic link?
  Medscape, December 12, 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Kimchi, Light Therapy, FDA Bleach Warning Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, August 23, 2019
• The Microbiome: 5 Questions Answered   During this year's Digestive Disease Week, Medscape asked its Instagram followers to submit questions about the microbiome. Dr Alok Patel gets answers to the most popular ones from Dr Colleen Kelly.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 30, 2019