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Fetal test creates options, uncertainty
When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening with ultrasound and standard blood tests raised no warning flags. Burton...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Edwards Syndrome, Science and Technology, Miscarriage, Sequenom Incorporated
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LAPD Detective Sets New Ferris Wheel World Record
KTLA NewsSANTA MONICA, Calif. (KTLA) -- A veteran Los Angeles Police Department detective has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest ride on a Ferris wheel. Det. Gus Martinez, who has been with the LAPD since 1994, rode the 130-foot-tall Pacific Ferris...Tags: Apple iPad, Special Olympics, Charity, Los Angeles Police Department
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Mickey Deputy
Mickey was born in Illinois with Down Syndrome and 3 holes in her heart. Around 9 months of age, it was determined that surgery needed to be done soon. Mickey's parents had to move their family of 3 back to Indiana where they grew up so she could have...
Tags: Heart Surgery, Leukemia, Blood, Pneumonia
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Perry Hall High School still under heavy patrol after shooting
Perry Hall High School will maintain a heightened police presence until its principal determines that the campus is ready to return to normal, in the aftermath of a cafeteria shooting in which one student critically injured another on the first day of...
Tags: Mental Health, Robert Wayne Gladden, Jr., Perry Hall, Students, Behavioral Conditions
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Autism Risk Linked to Dad's Age, Study Shows
KTLA NewsScientists have pinpointed a likely source for many cases of autism and schizophrenia: Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring. The finding buttresses observations from population studies that...Tags: Science and Technology, Biology, Literature, Biotechnology Industry, Behavioral Conditions
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Athletes Go For Special Olympic Gold
pix11.com | @colekirstinThe Olympics may have wrapped up, but in Connecticut, teams of Special Olympians are just gearing up for their next games. We got the inside on what gives them that competitive edge. The Agostino family is going for gold, with the family’s bowling...Tags: Bowling, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Special Olympics
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Special event returns to Burbank Tennis Center
The Burbank Tennis Center has built a reputation for hosting community events that benefit a wide variety of individuals. When the Burbank Tennis Center was still in the planning stages, Steve Starleaf had a definite vision of what he hoped the...Tags: Tennis, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Special Olympics, French Open
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Lions Club shares fireworks revenue
The Huntington Beach Lions Club donated the money it raised from selling fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday to nonprofits in the city. The club gave $5,000 each to the Huntington Beach Therapeutic Riding Center and Huntington Beach Boy Scout...Tags: Entertainment Events, Holidays, Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Treatments, Learning Disability
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: On facts, lies and Sarah Palin
"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,'...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, The Miami Herald, Health, Civil Rights
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