Health

Although the main causative aspect for Down syndrome is genetic, a number of findings suggest that some other factors... ...

Asperger Syndrome is a relatively mild form of autism that effects people in different ways than regular autism. Because it usually does not affect language, many people with Asperger Syndrome go undiagnosed. This is the one form of autism that is usually not caught at an early age and is instead a disorder that develops later in life. Asperger Syndrome, however, can be a very difficult condition ...

At 10-months, Stacey still hasn’t developed the cherubic plumpness that would put her grandmother’s mind at ease. She doesn’t look healthy, Grandma worries. She needs "some meat on her bones."

Stacey’s 10-month-old cousin is plenty plump. Cousin Elizabeth’s roundness pleases Grandma, but worries her mother. Mom is afraid her baby will turn out to be a chubby child and an obese adult. She’s begun ...