The flower-arranging class were putting the finishing touches to their creations when nausea swept over one student, Miranda Spencer. Before she was able to make any excuses, she vomited into a bucket in front of her classmates at the adult education centre. Sadly, the bout of unexpected sickness — and mortification — was no isolated … Read more
Woman, 24, with Down’s Syndrome launches legal bid to end abortion ‘discrimination’ which allows termination up until birth if ‘severe foetal abnormality’ is detected Heidi Crowter, 24, is trying to change the country’s ‘discriminatory’ abortion law Said way unborn babies with Down’s are treated in law ‘makes me feel upset’ Mother-of-two Máire Lea-Wilson, 30, is … Read more
By Joe Pinkstone for MailOnline, 14 May 2020 Scientists have found the first clear evidence that infection with coronavirus causes the Kawasaki-like inflammatory condition affecting children. A study of eight children admitted to a Birmingham hospital with the condition reveals they were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus several weeks before showing symptoms. All of the … Read more
None of the children who have suffered from a rare inflammatory syndrome caused by COVID-19 in the UK had long-term health problems before falling ill, doctors say. Between 75 and 100 children are known to have developed the illness, which can cause symptoms similar to sepsis, since the beginning of April. In adults, many of … Read more
A mother has told how her two-year-old son was rushed to hospital with a dangerous ‘inflammatory syndrome’ thought to be linked to COVID-19. Gemma Brown, 38, told MailOnline her son, Bertie, was admitted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital last month on his second birthday, when his temperature soared over 40C (104F) and his blotchy rash began … Read more
The amazing love story of a British woman who moved 13,000 miles to be with a man suffering from ‘locked in’ syndrome who she met online now has a nappy ending after she gave birth to ‘miracle’ triplets. And after overcoming disability, illness, fertility issues and everything else life has thrown at them, Nick and Nicola … Read more
Grey’s Anatomy star Caterina Scorsone’s daughter Pippa, 3, recites the alphabet on World Down Syndrome Day By Deirdre Durkan-simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:22 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 03:23 GMT, 22 March 2020 To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, Caterina Scorsone shared an adorable Instagram of her three-year-old Paloma ‘Pippa’ Michaela reciting the alphabet. … Read more
Eugenics is the belief that society can be improved by encouraging selective breeding. Before the atrocities of Nazi Germany, eugenics – the system of measuring human traits, seeking out the desirable ones and cutting out the undesirable ones – was once practiced the world over. In the decades following the 1859 publication of Charles Darwin’s … Read more
A woman has been diagnosed with a condition that causes her food to turn into alcohol, after her concerned mother noticed that her daughter frequently appeared ‘drunk’. Brooke Kelsch, 47, from Salt Lake City, Utah, first noticed her daughter Alyssa, 26, had ‘fruity breath’, glossed over eyes, would break into fits of laughter and had slurred … Read more
Identical twins with Down’s syndrome have starred in a heartwarming film that follows the pair doing work experience to help them figure out what they want to be when they grow up. Elaine Scougal, from Dundee, made a social media page for her twins Ollie and Cameron, six, when they were newborns, after constantly receiving ‘pitying reactions’ … Read more