About this episode
Welcome to Episode 148 of Autism Parenting Secrets. We are delighted to have Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen with us today and we’re talking genomics . An exciting and promising area of opportunity to better support your child that you don’t want to overlook. And the first step is better understanding what’s now possible that wasn’t even a few years ago. Dr. Sharon is the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of IntellxxDNA™. She received both her master’s degree and medical degree from Harvard Medical School and she’s been in the field of integrative medicine for over 25 years. She co-foundered IntellxxDNA to fill an unmet need for an accurate, evidence-based genomics tool geared at helping functional and integrative physicians practice personalized medicine. A tool that could 1) help identify ROOT CAUSES of autism, cognitive decline, environmentally acquired illness, and other chronic illnesses and 2) help clinicians know HOW to address these genomic factors. The IntellxxDNA™ clinical decision support tool is now being used as part of medical decision-making by physicians across the country and it’s being used in studies addressing autism and complex illnesses in children as well as in adult studies geared at the reversal of cognitive decline. There are literally hundreds of different nutrients, vitamins, and interventions out there that have evidence in the literature for improving outcomes in autism, OCD, ADHD, and anxiety. But, how do you the parent figure out without random trial and error what might be beneficial for YOUR child? The secret this week is … Have A DNA-PRECISE Plan You'll Discover: Why Autism ISN’T Genetic (4:07) What To Do About MTHFR (13:30) Case Study 1 - Uncovering The Real Root Cause (20:06) Why A Clinical Decision Support Tool Is So Valuable (23:45) Why You Need a Doctor and How They Can Get Trained (28:19) Some Incredible, Preliminary Improvement Statistics (32:05) Case Study 2 - Two Month Turnaround (32:29) Case Study 3 - An Incredible Transformation (36:57) Why It’s Never Too Late To Benefit From Functional Genomics (41:00) Why The One-Time Investment In Genomics Is Worth It - (52:07) About Our Guest: Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen is the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of IntellxxDNA ™. Dr. Hausman-Cohen received both her master’s degree and medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Medicine and a diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Hausman-Cohen has been in the field of integrative medicine for over 25 years. She and her co-founder developed IntellxxDNA as an answer to an unmet need in the integrative and functional medicine community; the need for an accurate, evidence-based genomics tool geared at helping functional and integrative physicians practice personalized medicine. They envisioned and created a tool that could help identify root causes of autism, cognitive decline, environmentally acquired illness, and other chronic illnesses, BUT also a tool that could help clinicians know how to address these genomic factors. The IntellxxDNA™ clinical decision support tool is now being used to make genomics actionable and understandable. IntellxxDNA is being used as part of medical decision-making by physicians across the country. Dr. Hausman-Cohen loves combining her passion for science and medicine and using her scientific mind to integrate large amounts of complex data. She is proud that IntellxxDNA™ is currently being used in studies addressing autism and complex illnesses in children as well as in adult studies geared at the reversal of cognitive decline. She is the co-author of many publications relating to genomics including two that focus on autism. She is also the primary author of a precision medicine textbook chapter on genomics and neurodegenerative diseases and a chapter in a book published by Frontiers in Neuroscience and Aging relating to frontiers in dementia treatment. She has taught extensively across the country at conferences for physicians as well as for community members. Dr. Hausman-Cohen is the co-founder of Resilient Health which is her patient-facing practice in Austin, TX. References in The Episode: IntellxxDNA.com ATEC Assessment The Australian Centre for Genomic Analysis Additional Resources: Take The Quiz: What’s YOUR Top Autism Parenting Blindspot? To learn more about Cass & Len, visit us at www.autismparentingsecrets.com Be sure to follow Cass & Len on Instagram If you enjoyed this episode, share it with your friends.