Only a few years ago, leading autism expert David Amaral described the disorder as a lifelong disability. Today, he acknowledges that description is no longer true. “Research lately shows that a substantial proportion of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show really substantial improvements in their autism symptoms,” says Amaral.... Read more
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Clinician App Tackles Stress of Patient Task Management
Designed to assist with the administrative burden of patient care and practice management, Dock Health is a secure collaboration and task management platform. Ahmed Morsy, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Pulse, spoke with Michael Docktor about the potential this platform has to assist with patient management tasks and ... Read more

Natural Disasters and Public Health
After the immediate emergency of a natural disaster is over and the media attention wanes, communities must deal with the long process of recovering and rebuilding. Yet some of the greatest challenges that disaster victims face come not from the disaster itself but from long-term health problems stemming from the ... Read more
Editorial Blogs
Adequate, Not Best
What almost all students and many faculty members don’t realize is that engineering design/application solutions are rarely the best.... Read more
The Holy Grail and the Female Uterus
Let us review the role of women in the ancient Jewish-Christian tradition. The Old Testament (OT), the first part of the Christian Bible, is based primarily on the Hebrew scriptures (or Tanakh). The New Testament collects later writings.... Read more
A College-Level Overview of Biomedical Instrumentation
A review of Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation by Andrew G. Webb, 2018.... Read more
6 Pediatric Device Innovators Awarded a Total of $150K at Children’s National 6th Annual Pediatric Device Symposium
Six companies presenting innovative medical devices that address significant unmet needs in pediatric healthcare were awarded a total of $150,000 in grants at the Sixth Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System.... Read more
Fireworks, Autism, and Animals
Given the rather widespread custom (at least in the West) of using fireworks as a means of celebration on certain specific days, this column discusses the potential damage of such noise to autistic children. ... Read more