childrens health Articles
Children's Diets and Daycare
Monday, November 26th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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This article from Family Edge describes the problem of childhood obesity with relation to day care.The French-Canadian province of Quebec has a big stake in this information because 15 years ago it rolled out a province-wide, 7 a day childcare scheme which was aimed at helping th... Read more
The Sensory Diet and Christina
Monday, November 19th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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I attended a session at the Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress Annual Conference which really opened my eyes. It was on Sensory Integration Disorder. Here is the blurb. Sensory Processing in the Child with Down SyndromePresented by Marie Mancini-Oliveira MS, OTRL, MelissaBroxton ... Read more
The Fear Which Haunts Me
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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There have been great changes in my household in the past year. Four older teenagers have moved out of my home to begin their independent lives; my brother and sister-in-law, a friend's daughter who was boarding with us, and my oldest daughter Gabbi is attending Franciscan Univer... Read more
Tube wean summary.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 by Sophiesmum
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I had huge hopes of posting daily blog updates during the whole of Sophie's inpatient tube wean, however lack of internet and signal put a stop to it.Frustrated doesn't even come close to describing my feelings about that.The reason I wanted to document the whole journey was to h... Read more
Business Week says Sequenom is Making a Killing with New Prenatal Test
Saturday, November 10th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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from Business Week;Shares of Sequenom Inc. surged Friday after the company said demand for its maternal Down syndrome test is improving and it expects to surpass its previous guidance for testing volume.Sequenom said at the end of October it was handling about 1,700 MaterniT21 Pl... Read more
A Special Mother is Born Celebrates First Anniversary
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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CCC 166 Faith is a personal act the free response of the human person to the initiative of God who reveals himself. But faith is not an isolated act. No one can believe alone, just as no one can live alone. You have not given yourself faith as you have not given yourself life. Th... Read more
NIH establishes patient registry for people with Down syndrome
Thursday, November 1st, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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A new Down syndrome patient registry will facilitate contacts and information sharing among families, patients, researchers and parent groups. The National Institutes of Health has awarded a contract to PatientCrossroads to operate the registry. The company has created patient-ce... Read more
Your prayers worked a miracle for Christina!
Thursday, October 4th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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If you don't follow me on Facebook, you should, that's where I do most of my writing lately, because I have been suffering for five years with fear. Fear that Christina who once spoke beautifully and now can hardly speak was going downhill and I couldn't find out why, Specialist ... Read more
One story like this makes it all worthwhile
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 by Leticia Velasquez
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I have been complaining lately about a problem shared by many Catholic writers. We have plenty of wonderful opportunities to evangelize via the Internet, blogs, websites, Facebook, Twitter, and the occasional paid article. Just look at all the great websites, books, encyclopedias... Read more
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