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Metabolic syndrome and associated factors among outpatients of Jimma University Teaching Hospital
Conclusion: It is demonstrated that metabolic syndrome is prevalent in adult outpatients in Jimma and increases as age increases; it is more common among females than males. Among the five diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and low HDL-cholesterol were the most prevalent. As metabolic syndrome is rising at an alarming rate, we recommend that relevant prevention, diagnostics, and therapy in adult outpatients are undertaken. Keywords: metabolic syndrome, Jimma, outpatients, high-density lipoprotein, obesity
Source: Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy - March 4, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy Source Type: research
Down syndrome: Reimagining what ’s possible
Photo credit: Nicole Starr
I first met Ella Gray Cullen in the Advanced Fetal Care Center (AFCC) of Boston Children’s Hospital, shortly after she had received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Like many parents expecting babies with conditions that can be diagnosed prenatally, she wanted to know more.
We talked about the additional medical screenings that would be recommended for her daughter to evaluate for cardiac defects and other conditions that are more common in children with Down syndrome. We discussed the developmental supports through Early Intervention and school that would be available to help her daughte...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Dr. Emily Jean Davidson Tags: Our Patients’ Stories Parenting Advanced Fetal Care Center Breastfeeding Down syndrome Emily Davidson Source Type: news
Advanced myelopathy in people with Down syndrome
Conclusions The patients with Down syndrome in our study presented to neurosurgery with more severe myelopathy than patients without Down syndrome. It is important for physicians caring for people with Down syndrome to be aware of the presentation of myelopathy and consider the condition in the differential diagnosis of a Down syndrome patient with functional decline.
Source: International Medical Review on Down Syndrome - November 27, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Vaccine Being Tested To Prevent Dementia In People With Down Syndrome
BOSTON (CBS) – Local researchers are testing an experimental vaccine that may not only prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome, but in those without Down syndrome as well.
People with Down syndrome are at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s-like dementia at a very young age.
Michael Clayburgh, 29, has Down syndrome, but that doesn’t hold him back.
“Michael has three jobs,” says Nancy Novelline Clayburgh, Michael’s mom. “He works at Target, McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts.”
Dr. Brian Skotko and Michael Clayburgh (WBZ-TV)
He’s also quite the Special Olympics athlete, but...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - August 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Alzheimer's Disease Dementia Down Syndrome Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news
‘ I Am Worried There Will Be Fewer Of Us, ’ Says Campaigner Against Down Syndrome Test
(CNN) — Natalie Dedreux has spent months campaigning against a plan to make a blood test for Down syndrome free in Germany.
While its proponents say the prenatal test is a safer alternative to current procedures and should be available to everyone, Dedreux believes it will lead to people like her being “sorted out.”
Dedreux, a 20-year aspiring journalist from Cologne, has the condition. “I am worried that if pregnant women find out their baby has Down syndrome, they will decide against us …. because they are scared,” she wrote on her blog.
She has attended protests against the plan and h...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Down Syndrome Source Type: news
Pathologic Features of Down Syndrome Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Protocol AAML0431.
CONCLUSIONS.—: Myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia in Down syndrome display features that allow discrimination from standard cases of disease. These distinctions are important for treatment decisions, and for understanding disease pathogenesis. We propose specific diagnostic criteria for Down syndrome-related subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
PMID: 31429606 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - August 19, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Mast KJ, Taub JW, Alonzo TA, Gamis AS, Mosse CA, Mathew P, Berman JN, Wang YC, Jones HM, Campana D, Coustan-Smith E, Raimondi SC, Hirsch B, Hitzler JK, Head DR Tags: Arch Pathol Lab Med Source Type: research
Anthropometric survey on children with Down syndrome
Conclusions We present an observational study with anthropometric measurements of a group of Down syndrome children from Valencia. Measurements were lower than those of the WHO for the general population, but similar to those recorded by the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation. The need to continue using customised Down syndrome percentiles is reaffirmed, with periodic review of these tables.
Source: International Medical Review on Down Syndrome - September 29, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Monosynaptic Reflexes and Preprogrammed Reactions in Down Syndrome: A Surface Electromyographic Study
Abstract
The development of motor control in people affected by motor and cognitive pathologies leads to different behaviors in approaching everyday life activities. Understanding the origin of the differences in motor control between people with Down syndrome and those typically developing is very important for the definition of early and late intervention in rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to explore the stretch reflex and preprogrammed reactions as the origin of motor control development in a population of participants with Down syndrome. Eight subjects with Down syndrome (5 males, 3 females; mean age 23.11 ...
Source: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities - February 29, 2016 Category: Disability Authors: Chiara Rigoldi, Manuela Galli, Sara Laura Vimercati, Claudia Condoluci, Giulia Tacchino, Anna Maria Bianchi, Giorgio Albertini Tags: Special Issue: Down Syndrome Source Type: research
Family Caregiving of Aging Adults With Down Syndrome
Abstract
Although persons with Down syndrome now live to approximately 60 years, the implications of increased longevity on family caregiving have received inadequate attention. Even compared with adults with other types of intellectual disabilities, by their late 40s and 50s adults with Down syndrome often show multiple health problems, cognitive‐adaptive declines, and changes in daily work and activities. If alive, their parents are more often elderly, as mothers give birth to newborns with Down syndrome at a median age of 32 years (with high percentages age 40 and older). In addition, higher percentages of adults with...
Source: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities - April 20, 2016 Category: Disability Authors: Robert M. Hodapp, Meghan M. Burke, Crystal I. Finley, Richard C. Urbano Tags: Special Issue: Down Syndrome Source Type: research
Reliability and Validity of Physical Fitness Field‐Based Tests in Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review
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Physical fitness is an important marker of health that can be measured by means of field‐based tests, though research about its psychometric properties when performed by people with Down syndrome is scarce. A systematic review was designed to identify the validity and reliability of the existing physical fitness field‐based tests that have been administered to individuals with Down syndrome. An evidence‐based search for peer‐reviewed studies was conducted informing about the reliability and/or validity of physical fitness field‐based tests that have been administered to individuals with Down syndrome uti...
Source: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities - May 10, 2016 Category: Disability Authors: Carlos Ayán Pérez, Iván Martínez‐Lemos, Joaquín Lago‐Ballesteros, José Ma Cancela Carral, Nerea Loira‐Camiña Tags: Special Issue: Down Syndrome Source Type: research
Socio-cognitive abilities in children with Down's syndrome: results of a preliminary study
Publication date: September–December 2012 Source:International Medical Review on Down Syndrome, Volume 16, Issue 3 Author(s): A. Amadó , B. Benejam , J. Mezuca , E. Serrat , E. Vallès-Majoral The understanding of false belief is one of the most important milestones in the development of social cognition in children. Many studies have been conducted on this kind of cognition in children with a typical development. Despite being a key point for improving their welfare and quality of life, there are few studies in children with Down's syndrome. The aim of the present work is to carry out an in-depth study of social cogn...
Source: International Medical Review on Down Syndrome - November 3, 2014 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Down's syndrome, anorectal malformation and Morgagni's hernia: Description of an unusual clinic case
We present the case of a newborn baby with Down's syndrome and anorectal malformation without fistula, colostomised, which evolved with episodes of intestinal subocclusion. In the study of a second episode of constipation, with colonography through the colostomy, a Morgagni hernia was found and afterwards surgically resolved. The objective is to point out the rarity of the association between Down's syndrome, Morgagni hernia and anorectal malformation.
Source: International Medical Review on Down Syndrome - September 22, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Home Education and Children with Down Syndrome. The Primary Years
Children with Down syndrome face etiology-specific (specific to Down syndrome) learning challenges. Research has given us a picture of the specific strengths and weaknesses of children with Down syndrome - different from other causes of mental retardation. Educational plans need to reflect these strengths and weaknesses and teaching needs to target the way they learn to improve outcome. Home education can meet the needs of children with Down syndrome more effectively than the public or special education systems and maximize the child's potential globally and make the most of their abilities.
Source: Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support Group - February 25, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Pregnancy associated plasma protein-A2: A novel biomarker for down syndrome
Conclusion: PAPP-A2 could serve as an additional maternal serum marker in prenatal screening for Trisomy 21.Highlights:
Source: Placenta - August 25, 2014 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: S. Munnangi, S.J. Gross, R. Madankumar, G. Salcedo, S.E. Reznik Tags: Down syndrome Source Type: research
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and Down syndrome: Analysis of SHOP/ALL-’99 and ‘05 Protocols
Conclusions The future aim is to optimize the knowledge on biological aspects of these leukemia, in order to determine those features to be acted upon to improve their outcome.
Source: International Medical Review on Down Syndrome - November 3, 2014 Category: Disability Source Type: research
