Advocates Welcome Down Syndrome Guidance for Adults
Life expectancy has increased dramatically -- from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years today -- which is why advocates say these guidelines are sorely needed. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID - 19 - Related Death Up for Adults With Down Syndrome
Hazard ratios for COVID - 19 - related death, hospitalization 10.39 and 4.94 in adjusted analyses (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - October 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Nursing, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
COVID-19-Related Death Up for Adults With Down Syndrome
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 -- Adults with Down syndrome have an increased risk for COVID-19-related death, according to a research letter published online Oct. 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Ashley Kieran Clift, M.B.B.S., from the University of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 26, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Causes Joint Pain?
DiscussionMusculoskeletal problems are common problems in pediatric practice with up to 15% of acute care visits being for this problem.
Joint pain is a common concern for families but the differential diagnosis is extensive and needs thoughtful consideration. History is a key to discerning the potential diagnosis but also in guiding the physical examination and laboratory examination. Family history especially for systemic diseases should be considered. On physical examination all joints should be examined include sacroiliac and temporomandibular joints.
Is this arthritis or arthralgia? Distinction between inflammatory...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 26, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Down's syndrome: 'In all honesty we were offered 15 terminations'
Mothers of babies with Down's syndrome reveal the pressure they felt to terminate their pregnancies. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plant compound reduces cognitive deficits in mouse model of Down syndrome
Mice treated with apigenin had better memory and developmental milestone scores. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - October 23, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Scientists Just Discovered A Way To Treat Down Syndrome Prenatally — In Mice
For humans, a drug made from a plant compound that has anti-inflammatory properties represents a possibility for prenatal treatments that are personalized to meet the needs and metabolisms of individual babies. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 23, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rebecca Coffey, Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news
Some Parents Are Demanding In-Person Schooling as the Pandemic Stretches On
Shalyse Olson knows there are risks associated with sending her children back to school during the coronavirus pandemic, but the mother of four in Salem, Oregon says virtual learning “has been nothing but frustrating and sad.”
That’s why she is among parents in several school districts around the country who are demanding a return to in-person, the latest escalation in the polarizing debate over how to educate children as it becomes clear that the pandemic is not subsiding.
Olson, whose children are enrolled in kindergarten through 10th grade in Salem-Keizer Public Schools, says she understood the need ...
Source: TIME: Health - October 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Down Syndrome: Results From a Cohort Study Of 8 Million Adults, Annals of Internal Medicine
Study of 8.26 million adults in England of whom 4053 had Down syndrome, estimated 4-fold increased risk for COVID-19 related hospitalisation and a 10-fold increased risk for COVID-19 related death, in persons with Down syndrome, a group that is currently not strategically protected. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guidelines Developed for Care of Adults With Down Syndrome
THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2020 -- In an evidence-based clinical guideline, published online Oct. 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, recommendations are presented for the medical care of adults with Down syndrome.
Amy Y. Tsou, M.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 22, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
$100 Million NIH grant awarded for study of Alzheimer's in adults with Down Syndrome
(University of California - Irvine) The Alzheimer's Biomarkers Consortium - Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), a multi-institution research team, co-led by members from the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded an unprecedented five-year, $109 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand research on the biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
(American College of Physicians) 1. Down Syndrome associated with a 10-fold increased risk for COVID-19-related death ; 2. Ensuring Safe Access to Mifepristone During the Pandemic and Beyond (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 21, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Down's syndrome language: 'No-one meant anything hurtful"
A mother of a young boy with Down's syndrome is helping to teach people about appropriate language. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Parents record song 'to change perceptions of Down's syndrome'
Neive's parents produce a music video to change perceptions about people with Down's syndrome. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Points to Novel Role for Microglia in Down Syndrome
Overactive immune cells identified in a mouse model and in postmortem human brain tissue may offer a potential therapeutic target for cognitive delays associated with the condition, researchers... (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - October 6, 2020 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
