Recent Changes to the
Down Syndrome: Health Issues
Website
July 18, 2008:
Added July abstract, updated booklist for parents and updated DS sites list.
May 12, 2008:
Added May abstract: Leptin levels among prepubertal children with DS compared with their siblings.
Mar 7, 2008:
Added March abstract: Supplementation with antioxidants and folinic acid for children with Down's syndrome.
Feb 12, 2008:
Added Feb astract: Zinc nutritional status in adolescents with Down syndrome.
Jan 17, 2008:
Added Jan abstract: Gastrointestinal conditions occurring among adults with Down syndrome attending a specialist clinic.
Dec 16, 2007:
Added Dec abstract: Dementia and mortality in persons with Down's syndrome.
Nov 7, 2007:
New abstract! Routinized and compulsive-like behaviors in children and young people with Down syndrome.
Aug 14, 2007:
Added the Aug abstract: Fluoxetine rescues deficient neurogenesis in hippocampus of the Ts65Dn mouse model for Down syndrome.
July 17, 2007:
Added the July abstract: Screening for celiac disease in asymptomatic children with DS
June 12. 2007:
Added the June abstract: The National Down Syndrome Project: design and implementation
May 25, 2007:
Added the 1999 DSMIG health Care Guidelines. These were originally kept on the denison.edu server but have been removed, so I have put a copy on my website.
May 23, 2007:
Cleaned up all the book lists, added a couple of new books, and changed the affiliation to Amazon.com.
May 16, 2007:
Added May abstract: Antibody response to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine in DS
Apr 21, 2007:
Finally! The abstracts are back! Added the April abstract: Pharmacotherapy for cognitive impairment in a mouse model of DS