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Children with autism spectrum disorders are more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders, but diagnosing this anxiety can be harder — and treatment options are not as well studied in this population. What should you do if your autistic child is anxious?

There's no single medication, vitamin, diet, or medical treatment that will cure autism. A very simple vitamin supplementation intervention for autistic people who have the MTHFR mutation, however, may be very helpful.

Folate, also known as B9, is vital to human health. After all, it's a vitamin. Not everyone, however, makes the enzymes that are necessary to use the kind of folic acid that is found in food and most vitamin supplements.

Since its discovery by a team of scientists in Croatia in the 1980's, the antibiotic azithromycin has been used tens of millions of times to fight infections with success. Overuse, however, makes it no longer a first-line medication for infections.

Worried that you are suffering from Pyorrhea of the gums? We help explain what Pyorrhea is, the symptoms it presents with and the treatment required.

Michael was always a shy kid, but he stopped speaking altogether when he started daycare. Why?

What exactly is the link between temperament — introversion vs extraversion — and anxiety in children? If you're guessing that introverts are more likely to be anxious, you are right. There is more to the story, though.

Wouldn't it be great to get an elusive good night's sleep without having to rely on any of those pharmaceuticals lining your local drug store? Thankfully, there are a number of melatonin-rich foods to help you catch those "z's" without pills.

"Mom brain" — forgetfulness, disorganization and an ability to concentrate — is indeed real and not necessarily a sign of depression. If you are suffering from other unpleasant symptoms as well, however, you may be dealing with postpartum depression.

Are you plagued by feelings of guilt after you have had a baby? You may have postpartum depression.