Topic: Down Syndrome
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-27 17:00:48
<div><p>The number of women 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 pregnant in their 30s ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2009-10-16 15:20:37
<div><p>MADRID (Reuters Life!) - A Spanish film opening at cinemas on Friday portrays the prejudice suffered by people with Down's syndrome who just want love lives like everybody else.</p><p>"I'm 34 years old. I'm a man, not a child!" leading player Pablo Pineda screams in frustration ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-09-26 20:00:23
<div><p>A Spanish actor with Down's syndrome, Pablo Pineda, picked up the best actor prize at the San Sebastian film festival on Saturday for his touching portrayal of a man with the disability.</p><p>In the movie "Yo, Tambien" ("Me Too") Pineda plays a 34-year-old man with Down's ...
AP News | 2009-08-27 09:07:06
<div id="subtitle">Adult Down syndrome center at St. Louis-area hospital named for Cardinals star Albert Pujols</div><div><p>A new center for adults with Down syndrome will bear the name of St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols.</p><p>St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield ...
