New CDC research shows that the occurrence of gastroschisis, a birth defect where a baby’s intestines stick outside of the body through a hole beside the belly button, continues to increase over time. Importantly, the causes for the continued increase in the number of babies born with gastroschisis are unknown, and public health research is urgently needed to uncover more clues. You can read the article at www.cdc.gov/mmwr or read more below for a summary […]
SOURCE: The Telegraph By Tim Stanley Society doesn’t do enough to show women carrying a baby with Down’s that the life inside them is precious, intelligent and capable of so much A painting hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York called The Adoration of the Christ Child. Created in the 16th century by a Flemish artist, what stands out in this sublime presentation of the Nativity is the detail of the characters standing […]
BY EMILY JOHNSON If you look at the pictures of my brother and me on my first day of kindergarten, and my first day of medical school, they look remarkably similar. Despite the 16 years separating the two, our hairstyles have only changed minimally. However, one of the biggest similarities of these two occasions was my personal naivety. In both cases, I was somewhat unprepared for the way my brother and others with intellectual disabilities […]
Study Led by Researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine Reveals New Link Between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease, Raising Hope for New Treatments Individuals with Down syndrome who survive into adulthood face the additional challenge of early-onset dementia, in which toxic amyloid plaques build up in the brain. The condition is strikingly similar to Alzheimer’s disease, and as new work led by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) […]
B A C K – T O – S C H O O L S U R V E Y Parents that were recently surveyed by AngelSense revealed the severity of the situation for children with special needs: 50% of parents reported that their special needs child has been bullied at least once on the way to school or at school, and almost 80% of parents of children with special needs, such as autism spectrum […]
