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NHS screening head admits to accuracy failure of Down’s syndrome screening by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Jun 2009 6:43pm ’s syndrome by around 660 and leads to the losses of 400 babies without Down’s syndrome. “Mackie blamed the problem on a lack of sonographers, who perform ultrasound scans. The reason... The head of the UK’s screening programmes has admitted that the NHS has failed to roll-out more accurate screening tests for Down’s syndrome and that as a result a number Read on »

A new blood test to detect Down’s syndrome in pregnancy by Emanuela .. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 8:02pm A test that can detect Down’s syndrome from the blood of pregnant women has raised the prospect of routine screening for the condition for every expectant mother who wants it and should be available in around 5 years. At the moment a test to check for Down’s syndrome is only carried out on women who are at high risk such as being over the age Read on »

UK politicians form All Party Parliamentary Group on Down’s Syndrome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:05pm Some time ago I lamented the fact that the UK didn’t have an equivalent of the US Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus. The Down’s Syndrome Association reports that has now been put right with the formation of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Down’s syndrome including 26 MPs, the DSA and DownsEd “to inform MPs and Lords about many Read on »

Down’s syndrome and cancer by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Jun 2009 6:43pm a report explaining why people with Down’s syndrome are less susceptible to cancer. “A gene on the extra chromosome that causes Down’s syndrome helps to protect those... on how a better understanding of Down’s syndrome may aid breast cancer therapy. More on this from the BBC, MIT Technology Review, and Forbes. Read on »

UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:02pm Back in April I reported on the latest statistics on Down’s syndrome births in England and Wales from the UK’s National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register, noting that I hadn’t seen any reporting of the latest statistics in the mainstream press. Six months, and an article in the British Medical Journal, later and Down’s syndrome stories Read on »

Down’s Syndrome Association campaign to improve information for parents by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Jun 2009 6:43pm June 8-14 is Down’s Syndrome Awareness week in the UK and I just found out that the Down’s Syndrome Association’s campaign this year is a topic that I have written about often: improving the quality of information about Down’s syndrome that is given to parents after they have received a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down’s syndrome Read on »

The burden of Down’s syndrome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:56pm Anyone who reads a lot of Down’s syndrome-related news and blogs has probably already read the recent posts by “Skeptical OB” Dr. Amy Tuteur in which she asked whether we should lament the potential disappearance of Down’s syndrome and questioned whether counselling for pre-natal diagnosis of Down’s syndrome is inadequate. Plenty of people have Read on »

Discovering how Down’s syndrome can protect against cancer by Cancer Research UK Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Jun 2010 12:00am People with Down's syndrome have an extra dose of cancer-protective genes Although it may not seem obvious at first, there are important links between Down’s syndrome and cancer. Down’s syndrome affects one in every 1,000 babies born in the UK. Named after the British doctor who first described the disease in 1866, it happens when a baby Read on »

Down’s syndrome and health care reform by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Thu 13 Aug 2009 7:33pm Here are some excerpts from a statement by the US National Down Syndrome Congress on Health Care Insurance Reform. They really speak for themselves: “People with Down syndrome have been and continue to be discriminated against with regard to access to health insurance, solely on the basis of the diagnosis of Down syndrome and without consideration Read on »

Down’s syndrome is awesome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 12:27am by a realisation of how fascinating Down’s syndrome is. I’ve written before about the scientific genetics of Down’s syndrome, and I’ve also written a little about G and his development. What occurred to me, thinking about these two aspects together, is how biologically fascinating Down’s syndrome is. Here’s this little boy sat in front of me and every single Read on »