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Vitamin Therapy and Down syndrome Trial Results released

October 16 2006 at 3:54 PM

Jan (Login nashtaters)

http://tinyurl.com/y22tjb>

From the press release...

"The Institute of Child Health and the Peninsula Medical School, funded by the Down's Syndrome Association, the Down Syndrome Research Foundation and the Lejeune Clinic, embarked on research to find out whether the development and health of young children with Down's syndrome would be improved by taking certain vitamins and mineral supplements. Although they are not yet able to publish the full report from the trial, they have released preliminary results.

"156 infants under 7 months were split into four groups. The first group were given the recommended daily dose of antioxidants, the second group the recommended daily dose of folinic acid. The third group took both antioxidants and folinic acid and the fourth were given a placebo. None of the families involved in the trial knew which group they had been assigned to. Of those 156 infants, 138 completed the trial. 18 children had stopped taking the supplementation, mainly due to side effects such as vomiting.

"After 18 months the children's psychomotor development, speech and language development, growth and general health were assessed. No positive effect on any of these four factors was found by taking anti-oxidants, folinic acid or a combination of the two."

Jan and Nash 5!
http://mauzysmusings.blogspot.com>

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