<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</p><p>The increase is probably because more and more women 35 and over are ...

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.</p><p>They said mice with a rodent ...

<div><p>Boosting a neurotransmitter called norepinephrine in sufferers of Down Syndrome could help reverse the condition, which is the most common cause of mental retardation in children, a study showed Wednesday.</p><p>"If you intervene early enough, you will be able to help kids with Down Syndrome to collect and ...

<div><p>The number of women in England and Wales conceiving babies with Down's Syndrome has leapt by more than 70 percent in the last two decades, researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>The figures appear to have risen as a direct result of the rising numbers of women who fall ...