NHF’s Mission is to empower parents to have healthy children free of chronic health conditions

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There are FIVE actions you can take before and during pregnancy to increase the likelihood of birthing a child free of neurological disorders and chronic health conditions?

The Neurological Health Foundation Scientific Advisory Board Recommends:

Neurological Health Conditions in children are on the rise:

  • That the occurrence of autism in the U.S. and around the world has gone from just 1 in 10,000 to an astounding 1 in every 68 children, and that the rate is even higher for male children? read more
  • The number of children ages 2 to 5 who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs has doubled over the past decade? read more
  • That pesticides have been linked to higher instances of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children? read more
  • That changes in diagnostic practices and increased awareness may not be the only factors that account for the increased prevalence of autism? read more
  • That experts have noted a potential increase in children who aggressively misbehave? read more

There is also evidence of increased neurological illness among the adult population:

  • That there has been a modern-day increase in the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia? read more
  • That incidents of Alzheimer’s have increased dramatically in the younger adult population?
    Example 1: read more
    Example 2: read more
  • That many “non-organic” farms are resorting to more powerful herbicides due to issues with “superweeds?” read more
  • That parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle hopelessly in isolation read more