Posts Tagged ‘DS’

• Celebrating Life: National Down Syndrome Day

  • March 21st, 2012
  • Posted in Down Syndrome Facts, General, National Down Syndrome Day, NuTriVene
  • Tags: Compounding Pharmacy Division, customized medications and drugs, Down Syndrome, DS, feeding tube, healthcare, International Nutrition, March 21, National Down Syndrome Day, nutritional and dietary supplements, Nutrivene

  April 11, 1996, a beautiful baby girl was welcomed into the world and a day that changed the course of my family’s lives forever.   Already having three beautiful and healthy children, my mother often wondered what it would be like… Read More

• Lower Zinc Levels in Children with Down Syndrome

  • November 10th, 2011
  • Posted in General
  • Tags: Abstract, atomic absorption spectroscopy, biochemical and dietary parameters, carbohydrates, children with Down syndrome, control group, deficit in calories, DS, erythrocytes, Experimental and clinical studies, Lower Zinc Levels in Children with Down Syndrome, nutritional status of zinc in children with DS, Nutrivene, plasma, plasma of children with Down syndrome, Research, study, urine collection, Zinc concentrations, zinc metabolism, zinc nutritional status

  Research has established that zinc metabolism is altered in Down syndrome. This study compared a group of children with Down syndrome with a control group both with children ages 4 to 11 years. Zinc concentrations were significantly lower in plasma… Read More

• Case Study: Padiat. Praxis. 59: 703-708 (2001)

  • October 25th, 2011
  • Posted in General
  • Tags: alleviating the symptoms of DS, Alzheimer’s disease, antioxidant supplementation, antioxidants, apoptosis, Apoptosis of neurons and glial cells, body’s blueprint, Brain, brain cells-editor, caspase inhibitors, chromosome 21, cognition, damage cell membranes, Department of Pediatrics, Diets, DNA, DS, fetus, free radicals in their body, genetically programmed cell death, Journal of Neurology, Long Term Management of Down Syndrome, muscle tone, neuropathological findings, Nutrivene, organ systems, pathogenetic principles of TF and ROS abnormalities, pathological findings, persons with Down syndrome, Physicians, proteins, reactive oxygen species, ROS, ROS adversely affects health, rs. Gert Lubec and Ephrem Engidawork, scientific rationale, scientists, University of Vienna

  Physicians Recognize the Importance of Antioxidants in the Long Term Management of Down Syndrome A recent review published by Drs. Gert Lubec and Ephrem Engidawork of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Vienna (Journal of Neurology, 2002, Vol 249: 1347-1356)… Read More

• The therapeutic effect of antioxidant nutritional intervention on the quality of life of people with DS

  • October 21st, 2011
  • Posted in General
  • Tags: Case Study, cooperation, development, Down Syndrome, Dr. Gelb, DS, Germany, improvements in behavior, increased growth, laboratory parameters, M.D., M.J. Gelb, Nutrivene, Padiatriche Praxis, parents, patients with Down Syndrome, pediatric publication, pediatrician, reduced number of infections, Selenium, supplemented with Nutrivene, Targeted Nutritional Intervention (TNI) for Children with Down Syndrome, The therapeutic effect of antioxidant nutritional intervention on the quality of life of people with DS, therapists, TNI supplemented children, Vitamin A, Vitamin E

  Case Study Completed on Nutrivene: M.J. Gelb, M.D., a pediatrician from Germany, has conducted a study of Nutrivene on patients with Down syndrome. Results of the study were published in the German pediatric publication, Padiatriche Praxis, entitled “Targeted Nutritional Intervention… Read More

• Abstract no.: 776

  • October 14th, 2011
  • Posted in General
  • Tags: Abstract, antioxidant nutritional support, antioxidants, blood analysis, cases, Children, cognitive, development assessment, Down Syndrome, DS, ear infections, follow-up study, gross motor development, health, infections, N.A. Meguid, Nutrivene, patients with Down Syndrome, portage early intervention programme, portage project, S. Ismail, study, training Portage programme, upper respiratory, Vitamins

  Early intervention in down syndrome: The effect of antioxidants N.A. Meguid & S. Ismail The present study investigated the role of antioxidant nutritional support in conjunction with a training Portage programme designed to improve the capabilities of patients with Down… Read More

• Abstract no.: 775

  • September 21st, 2011
  • Posted in General
  • Tags: Abstract, blood, blood cells, cells, complete trisomy 21, copper, Cu Zn superoxide dismutase, Down Syndrome, DS, Egyptian children, enzyme activities, gene dosage effect, gene dosage effect of SOD, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione peroxidase enzyme, International Nutrition, mosaicism, Nutrition, Nutrivene, Plasma copper concentrations, plasma levels, red blood cells, spectrophotometric methods, translocations, whole blood, whole blood selenium, zinc

  Evaluation of trace elements and some enzymes in Egyptian children with Down syndrome N.A. Meguid, H.H.Afifi & N. Kholosy The present study investigated the activity of Cu Zn superoxide dismutase in red blood cells and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in whole… Read More