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Expert suggests early medication, education for Down Syndrome victims  -  25 Mar 2008
The Tide,Early medical, education and social intervention should be given to people with the Down Syndrome to enable them to achieve their potentials.

Outlook: A Home-Grown Solution to Bad Schools  -  25 Mar 2008
Washington Post,Anne Arundel County, Md.: Any suggestions for home-schooling programs for children with Down Syndrome? One of my daughters has Down Syndrome.

Folic Acid 'Boosts Sperm'  -  25 Mar 2008
Medical News Today (press release),X syndrome) and abnormalities on chromosome 21 (associated with Down's syndrome) in the high-intake group compared with the moderate-intake group.

SAN MARCOS: Cal State San Marcos hosting expo for disabled  -  25 Mar 2008
North County Times,SAN MARCOS -- When Cal State San Marcos professor Elizabeth Bigham gave birth to a baby girl with Down's Syndrome 22 years ago, she was unaware of the many

Ellen Gray: 2 documentaries on autism enlightening  -  25 Mar 2008
Philadelphia Daily News,The expectations for a child with Down syndrome were once so low that part of being the parent of one is regularly reminding the world that many of those

iW BOT | "Planet B-Boy" Spins Atop Specialty Chart; "Same Moon ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Indie WireRemaining in the iWBOT top five was "Praying with Lior," director Ilana Trachtman's documentary about Lior, a devout teenage boy with Down's syndrome about

Down syndrome groups stepping up efforts  -  Mar 23, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,Fearing more parents are finding themselves facing this decision without enough support and information, Down syndrome advocacy groups are stepping up

Down Syndrome fails to stop Phelan's dream  -  Mar 23, 2008
The Press,He needs it -- Phelan has Down Syndrome, and Friday was World Down Syndrome Day, marking a condition which affects one New Zealand baby in every 1000.

Gene Dose Affects Tumor Growth in Mouse Model  -  Mar 24, 2008
Johns Hopkins Gazette,3 issue of Nature, the research team describes how trisomy 21, or Down syndrome in humans, can repress tumor growth. "We took a new approach to a

Aiming high enough with Down  -  Mar 23, 2008
BCLocalNews,This yearâ€™s theme was Aim High Enough, which encouraged society to recognize that self-advocates, the children and adults living with Down syndrome,

Down Syndrome group formed  -  Mar 21, 2008
Gillette News Record,By The News-Record staff Friday is World Down Syndrome Day, and the theme of this yearâ€™s campaign proves especially relevant to Gillette.

Parents With Down's Syndrome Children Advised To Register With ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
Bernama,PETALING JAYA, March 21 (Bernama) -- Parents of children afflicted with Down's Syndrome are advised to register them with the Kiwanis Down's Syndrome

Local's Down syndrome documentary gets HBO boost  -  Mar 21, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,...agreement'' with HBO for Monica and David, a full-length film that explores the marriage of two adults with Down syndrome, one of them Codina's cousin.

The Winchester Star  -  Mar 24, 2008
The Winchester Star,Winchester â€” The struggles of raising a child with Down Syndrome are something Walter "Skeeter" Knee is grateful for. "We are fortunate, not unfortunate,

Down's syndrome day to be marked on Friday  -  Mar 19, 2008
GulfNews,By Kevin Scott, Staff Reporter Dubai: UAE-based children with Down's syndrome took part in a special sports day on Wednesday. The event, held at the Al Noor

Outrage Over Parentsâ€™ Decision to Have Down Syndrome Child Undergo ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
FOXNewsThe parents of a Down syndrome girl have caused a public out cry in the UK by subjecting their daughter to cosmetic surgery to improve her appearance.

New Down Syndrome website  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Press AssociationDown Syndrome Dublin is the largest branch of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) with more than 700 families - around 40% of its members are children.

Down Syndrome plastic surgery 'child abuse'  -  Mar 10, 2008
The Age,The case of a five-year-old British girl with Down Syndrome who underwent plastic surgery three times has come under fire from Australian disability

CW Post to Host Conference on Down Syndrome April 10-12  -  Mar 18, 2008
C.W. Post Campus,Brookville, NY - What state-of-the-art strategies are being used to teach children with Down syndrome? How does the medical condition of a child with Down

Freak or unique?  -  Mar 21, 2008
Guardian,But I have to challenge his idea of taboo with regard to his Down's syndrome actors who, interestingly, do not play characters with Down's.

MASSARO: Down Syndrome Association honors bikers with big hearts  -  Mar 18, 2008
Rocky Mountain News,And out of that, good things have happened for the Mile High Down Syndrome Association. In return, the association has named them, along with their wives,

Down syndrome scholarship available  -  Mar 18, 2008
BlueRidgeNow.com,Children with Down syndrome, ages three to 18, in Western North Carolina are eligible for the Western North Carolina Down Syndrome Alliance Scholarship

Senate HELP Committee Approves Bills Related To Prenatal Care ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...by voice vote bills related to the reauthorization of the Healthy Start program and a second measure related to Down syndrome, CQ HealthBeat reports.

World Down Syndrome Day is Friday  -  Mar 16, 2008
Benton County Daily Record,The few words - your unborn baby has Down syndrome - changed Stacy Reed's life in ways she couldn't imagine. "I was four months pregnant, 16 weeks along,

Antioxidants Do Not Help Children With Down's Syndrome Develop ...  -  Feb 23, 2008
Science Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2008) â€” Giving children with Downâ€™s syndrome antioxidants and nutrients does not help their condition improve at all, according to a

Social for Down syndrome kids set for Sunday  -  Mar 15, 2008
Danbury News Times,They're parents of kids with Down syndrome. "I know when I first started out on this, there wasn't much happening in the area," said Marianne Flanagan,

Actor Chris Burke and the National Down Syndrome Society to Ring ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),What: Chris Burke (also known as Corky from the TV Series, "Life Goes On") helps the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) kicks off the celebration of

Outrage in the UK over Down Syndrome child's cosmetic surgery  -  Mar 13, 2008
News-Medical.net,The case of a Down syndrome girl subjected by her parents to cosmetic surgery to improve her appearance, has generated great controversy in the UK.

Girl With Down Syndrome Gets Multiple Cosmetic Ops Before Age 5 to ...  -  Mar 13, 2008
ShortNews.com,UK residents are outraged at Kim Bussey, a mother who had three "radical and painful" cosmetic surgeries performed on her daughter who has Down syndrome

Multidisciplinary Investigation in Down Syndrome: Bear in Mind  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,Down syndrome is a consequence of a genetic anomaly of chromosome 21. The main orthopedic pathology associated with Down syndrome is hypotonia with the

Lesson in faith from boy with Down syndrome  -  Mar 13, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,Lior has Down syndrome, a difference that has not deterred this son of two rabbis - Mordechai Liebling and the late Devorah Bartnoff - from his studies,

Fundraiser set to aid Down syndrome group  -  Mar 13, 2008
The Flint Journal - MLive.com,By Carol Azizian GRAND BLANC - A fundraiser for the International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association is planned for 7 pm Friday at the Grand Blanc Golf

600 set pace for charity...  -  Mar 21, 2008
Gulf Daily News,By AIDAN PAYNE CHARITY was the big winner as 600 participants raised more than BD1,000 for the Bahrain Down Syndrome Society in the First Annual Shoe Mart

The Brilliant, Doomed, Down Syndrome Adoption Registry  -  Mar 13, 2008
Mother Jones,...co-sponsored a bill to create a national registry of those willing to adopt children identified as having severe genetics defects like Down syndrome.

'Aim High Enough', â€“ Divya's Downs Development Trust  -  Mar 20, 2008
Daijiworld.com,Named after their daughter, Divya's Downs Development Trust (DDDT) had its humble beginning in 2003 with four students with Down's syndrome.

A day for celebration  -  Mar 19, 2008
Courier Mail,But, for purely selfish reasons, one that I hope will cut through is World Down Syndrome Day, celebrated tomorrow. The date, the 21st of the third,

Patrick Cockburn: This is the war that started with lies, and ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
Independent,Iraqi government officials immediately said the bombers had the chromosonal disorder Down's syndrome, which they could tell this from looking at the severed

Down syndrome is a common genetic variation that usually causes a ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Kentucky.com,One in every 733 babies born in the United States has Down syndrome. Of all children born in this country annually, about 5000 will have Down syndrome.

Why this mother believes her Down's syndrome child should have ...  -  Mar 9, 2008
Daily Mail,At the age of two, she's too young to know that she has Down's syndrome, or to understand why this makes her different from other little girls.

Parents make Down's syndrome child undergo plastic surgery  -  Mar 10, 2008
LIVENEWS.com.au,The parents of a Down syndrome girl have caused an uproar by making their daughter undertake cosmetic surgery before the age of five so she could â€œfit inâ€?

Mom puts hair on the line for a cause  -  Mar 21, 2008
WTHR,Carmel - A special event was held Friday night to help families whose children are living with Down syndrome. A big band and ballroom dancers headlined the

Scientists Link Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's  -  Mar 5, 2008
Sulphur Southwest Daily News,The new study shows that the mutant genes that cause Alzheimer's also lead to the creation of Down Syndrome cells during the normal process of cell division

New hope for breast cancer research comes from Vet Medicine  -  Mar 20, 2008
TopCancerNews.com,It has long been known that Down Syndrome is caused when an individual has an extra copy of the 21st chromosome, giving them a total of three instead of the

Committee OKs bill to limit Down Syndrome 'genocide'  -  Mar 4, 2008
BP News,WASHINGTON (BP)--A Senate committee has passed legislation that could serve to reduce the killing of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome or other

Record splashing  -  Mar 20, 2008
Mail & Guardian Online,Higgins's time is the new Down's syndrome swimming record. Higgins already holds 17 world records, but seems to excel in long-distance events.

Child with Downâ€™s syndrome facing deportation  -  Mar 7, 2008
Brampton Guardian,His son, who was born in Canada, has Down's syndrome. Carnales said the services and support available for his child in Uruguay are vastly inferior to those

Fun-filled day at walkathon  -  Mar 20, 2008
Gulf Daily News,Organisers have printed more than 4000 registration forms for the event, which also aims to raise money for the Bahrain Down Syndrome Society.

Senate HELP Committee Approves Bills Related To Breast Cancer ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday approved by voice vote two bills related to breast cancer research and Down syndrome

Antioxidant, Folinic Acid Supplements May Not Be Helpful in Down's ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Medscape (subscription)February 26, 2008 â€” No evidence exists to support the use of antioxidant or folinic acid supplements in children with Down's syndrome, according to the

Letting go is a struggle, but it's the right thing  -  Mar 22, 2008
DesMoinesRegister.com,But to Shelly, it was a milestone: Jake has Down syndrome, and that night had marked his first away from home with anyone other than his grandparents.

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