Down's syndrome, where're we at?
Down's syndrome remains the most common cause of intellectual block in children. On the physical side, patients tend to exhibit the following amongst others - a flattened face, protruding tongue, small nose and mouth, shortened extremities & congenital heart defects among others. At this point, just like for its pro-elderly counterpart (Alzheimer's disease), there are no outright cure or eternal treatment. Nevertheless, genetic counseling, specific manifestation management; including respiratory, cardiac etc. take centre stage. A study by Romano et al., indicated that in persons with down's syndrome, the density of the brain cortex reduces with increasing age. Let's Picture the brain cortex as the incredible outer brain part that controls thought, memory, language, consciousness etc. So, the end result is a well felt effect on the sufferer in day to day life. Where then are we in the realm of alternative medicine for this condition? Nutrivene, Green tea extract, Ve...