| Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kenneth Bock, Cameron Stauth
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0345494512
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9285882
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Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Autism is an epidemic: It has spiked 1,500 percent in the last twenty years. ADHD, asthma and allergies have also skyrocketed over the same time period. One of these conditions now strikes one in every three children in America. But there is hope. Leading medical innovator Kenneth Bock, M.D., has helped change the lives of more than a thousand children, and in this important book, with a comprehensive program that targets all four of the 4-A disorders, he offers help to children everywhere. This is the book that finally puts hope within reach.
Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders, despite their concurrent rise and the presence of many medical clues. For years the medical establishment has considered autism medically untreatable and utterly incurable, and has limited ADHD treatment mainly to symptom suppression. Dr. Bock and his colleagues, however, have discovered a solution – one that goes to the root of the problem. They have found that deadly modern toxins, nutritional deficiencies, metabolic imbalances, genetic vulnerabilities and assaults on the immune and gastrointestinal systems trigger most of the symptoms of the 4-A disorders, resulting in frequent misdiagnosis and untold misery.
Dr. Bock’s remarkable Healing Program, drawing on medical research and based on years of clinical success, offers a safe, sensible solution that is individualized to each child to help remedy these root causes. The biomedical approach to autism, ADHD, and the other 4-A epidemics, as innovated by Dr. Bock and some of America’s finest integrative physicians, is one of the most promising and exciting medical movements of our time.
In this eminently readable account, written by Dr. Bock in collaboration with critically acclaimed author Cameron Stauth, you will meet children and parents whose dramatic stories will inspire you to change the life of your own child. This program may be the help that you have been praying for.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Perfect Resource Guide for Parents Considering a Biomedical Approach to a 4A disorder October 10, 2008
This book is exactly what I needed. I have a six almost seven year old son who has been in ABA theraphy at a very good school for over three years. Unfortunatly, the ABA theraphy has helped but not nearly to the extent we were hoping it would. Since he is getting older and approaching (if he hasn't already passed) the age where he can no longer be cured (most things I've read said if you can't cure them by five they are who they are.... I hate those books)we figured we would try something we've been hesistant to do for the last three years.... biomedical treatment.
The thought of pumping my kid with up to 20 or 30 different supplements a day is scarry and something I hoped I wouldn't ever have to do but my son is getting bigger and more difficult to handle with each passing day.
We signed up with a company for sound and biomedical but I haven't received the confidience from the person we were going through. It seemed like they were just after our money and pushing all sorts of stuff at us that we weren't ready for. In defense of this I decided I needed to read up a lot more on this biomedical stuff. So I chose this book.
It has been a blessing to me to have picked this book. It has helped me realize that there might be hope for my child... if not a full cure.... at least a chance of some improvements. Improvements I haven't seen with ABA by itself. The first half of this book is explaining the enviornmental factors that "could" be causing this epidemic.
Some might say there is no epidemic but I do beg to differ. When I was a kid growing up in "kid area" the first time I heard about autism was the movie Rainman. Now, I'm raising my kids in a "non kid area - older area with fewer kids" and I have an autistic son, the people behind us have two on the spectrum and the neighbors next to them have a grandchild on the spectrum and another couple down the street who are raising their ADHD grandchild. It's everywhere and I do believe there are environmenal factors at work.
Anyway, this book does an excellent job the first half going through the reasoning of the biomedical approach with wonderful case studies. The second half of this book is a wonderful reference for all the biomedical stuff that you're kids can/will be on.
I also liked the fact that the doctor gave results of each of the therapis he mentioned so you have an idea what you're chances that certain things will actually improve your child. I like the fact that he doesn't guarnatee a cure like so many other people/books do.
Dr. Brock has written a book that I desperatly needed to read. Right now we are pumping my son with all sorts of supplements and we are seeing some results with it. It's early.... we've only been doing it for a month and a half. I know this is going to help him in some way and this book has helped me get over my fears of the biomedical approach and to give us a chance at helping my son.
Thank you Dr. Brock.
Most information book on ADHD October 9, 2008
I will keep this short and to the point. Of the dozen or so books I've read on ADHD, this is by far the most informative and helpful book I've read. I found a DAN doctor and am currently treating my 8-year-old son with following the guidelines in the book. My son is showing slow but noticeable progress. If your child has any of these epidemics, I highly recommend reading this book.
read this book first October 6, 2008
This is an amazing book, you should read this book before you read any others, especially if you really want to understand the entire process behind these disorders.
Another good review! October 2, 2008
This book is amazing. All above says all I want to say, but I had to come and say how much I love it. Kudos to Bock & Stauth for putting such hard work into the book.
Healing The New Childhood Epidemics September 30, 2008
From: BasilAndSpice.com
Autism is at epidemic proportions. In the last 20 years it has grown by 1500%. In addition, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies have also spiked.
Dr. Kenneth Bock, Co-Founder and Director of the Rhinebeck Health Center and the Center For Progressive Medicine, published a new book: Healing The New Childhood Epidemics--Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies.
Dr. Bock, famous for his treatment of children with autistic spectrum disorders, has made available to the public his Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders. Dr. Bock offers a safe, sensible, affordable solution, research, and an individualized biomedical program. He also explains the correlation between autism and the other metabolic disorders--Allergies, ADHD, and Asthma.
Dr. Bock offers hope to parents who struggle with these ongoing problems. "The new epidemics can be defeated. They are epidemics of metabolic dysfunction and toxicity, and they can be overcome by balancing the metabolism, and reversing that toxicity."
The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders offers the reader important new information in nutritional therapy, supplementation therapy, detoxification, and medication.
Dr. Bock is listed as an resource by Jenny McCarthy in her book, Mother Warriors. There is hope and explanation within Healing the New Childhood Epidemics.
5 Stars
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