Down Syndrome

Boosting Cognition in Down Syndrome

Boosting the level of a brain chemical reverses learning impairments in a mouse model of Down syndrome, researchers report. The work adds to emerging evidence that cognition-enhancing drugs may one day help humans with Down...

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The Top 9 Reasons To Have Your Feet Checked Yearly

every day and over a lifetime may carry you about 115,000 miles (which would span the circumference of the earth four times). With each of these steps and over these miles, you put 1 to 2 times your body weight through your...

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Sarah Palin: My Life With A Down's Syndrome Child

November 22, 2009 Sarah Palin: My Life With A Down's Syndrome Child In her memoir, US vice-presidential candidate tells of the problems and the joy of living with her special needs son A couple of years ago I began to notice...

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Sarah Palin: my life with a Down's syndrome child

A couple of years ago I began to notice some peculiar yet familiar physical symptoms, like the smell of cigarettes making me feel more nauseated than usual. For a few weeks, I brushed these aside. Then I began to suspect...

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Sarah Palin: my life with a Down's syndrome child

In her memoir, US vice-presidential candidate tells of the problems and the joy of living with her special needs son A couple of years ago I began to notice some peculiar yet familiar physical symptoms, like the smell of...

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Sarah Palin: my life with a Down's syndrome child

clipped by: Antara clipper's remarks: this segment alone is friggen gorgeous....read full @ source Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk Among other things, I wrote that “every child is created special, with awesome purpose and...

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jasyjen says "An inspiring book, but difficult to read for many reasons" about Precious

The novel, Precious, was originally released titled, "Push" in 1996. It was renamed Precious, I think, because it was made into a movie that has yet to be released. I learned about the book Precious from Oprah Winfrey, who...

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Ruth Dudley Edwards: A good Alaskan, but not a good candidate

So Sarah Palin, until lately Governor of Alaska, is back polarising the American public from the Atlantic to the Pacific, criss-crossing the US to small towns where admirers queue for hours to have her sign her memoirs.

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Sadly, most people with a learning disability should not have children

When my little sister was a child in the 1960s, we never said to her that she was mentally handicapped; no one in our family would ever have considered doing so. One day, though, when she was about 10, she received a visit from...

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Bernie Goldberg on O’Reilly

Dear Mr. Goldberg, A woman I know has a 24-year-old son with Down Syndrome, and while those on the religious right like to pretend that they love everyone, this is a load of sh*t. When she tried to bring her son to church...

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