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CANADIAN DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY
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Calgary, Alberta
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CanadaToll Free :: (800) 883 - 5608
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Email :: dsinfo@cdss.ca
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Smart Drug Update: Part 1
Smart Drugs and Down's Syndrome
by Steven Wm. Fowkes and Ward Dean, M.D.
If you listen to scientists who specialize in academic research into Down's syndrome, or to the Down's Syndrome Association, there is basically nothing a parent can do to prevent the profound mental deficits and impaired growth of a Down's child. But if you listen to Dixie Lawrence, a devoted adoptive mother of one Down's child, or to Dr. Jack Warner, a California pediatrician with a ten-yea ...
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April 11, 2006
by Len Leshin, M.D., F.A.A.P.
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Author's note: I'm a pediatrician and the father of Avi, 11 years old, and Nathan, 13 years old. (Photos!) Avi has Down Syndrome ("DS" for short) and has inspired me to write these essays about children with DS for other parents. I have put them here for general reading. You may E-mail me with any questions about these essays. I have also included some other pediatric items of i ...
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Wednesday, May 31: IDSF Annual Meeting
Friday, June 9: D.A.D.S. Golf Outing
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MDSC Priority Bill Advances in State House
On June 8, the Joint Committee on Children and Families voted favorably upon the MDSC priority bill regarding the national background check for employees of the Department of Mental Retardation and its vendor agencies. We especially thank MDSC member, Rep. Tom Sannicandro, for his firm support for this bill and help in achieving a favorable vote.
We expect the bac ...
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Nutritional Supplements for Down Syndrome:
A Highly Questionable Approach
Len Leshin, M.D.
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of a third 21st chromosome. It occurs once in every 600 to 700 births, making it the most common genetic disorder. Its common features include poor muscle tone, short stature, a small nose with flat nasal bridge, small skin folds on the inner corner of the eyes (epicanthal folds), dry skin, immune-system suppression, develo ...
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DISLOCATION OF THE HIP IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME
GIUSEPPE SELVA, M.D., Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Fellow
FREEMAN MILLER, M.D., Attending Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
July 25, 1995
CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION
ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT
THE ALFRED I. DUPONT INSTITUTE
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
CASE HISTORY:
PATIENT 1.
HISTORY: This is a 3 year old female with Down's Syndrome whose mother noticed clicking in the left hip since age 2. At the age of 4 the patient developed a limp ...
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