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The following series of articles are reproduced here in their entirity, complete with graphics, charts, sidebars and scientific references. In addition, The Down's Syndrome Collection (described at the bottom of the page) is available for $15 by e-mail (call 650-321-CERI to arrange delivery).
Smart Drugs and Downs Syndrome: This is the first article
we ever published about the application of smart drugs to Downs
syndrome. Written by Steven Wm. Fowkes and Dr. Ward Dean and published
on Valentines Day in February 1994, it covered the history and
modern uses of nutritional therapy for trisomy 21, which would later
become described as targetted nutritional intervention (TNI).
Starting with the pioneering work of Dr. Henry Turkel and leading
up to the latest contributions of Dixie Lawrence, this article lays
a foundation for the articles to follow.
An Interview with Dixie Lawrence: This full-length interview
with Dixie Lawrence detailed many of the approaches Dixie pioneered
with her daughter and provides many practical tips for the successful
implementation of nutritional therapy and piracetam in children.
Antioxidant Intervention in Downs Syndrome: This article
and the following article were published two years after the first
article. These articles were written partly to provide information to
parents and partly to provide information to doctors. This article
focusses on the problem of oxidative stress in Downs syndrome
and has several sidebars which illustrate free radicals
and oxidation-reduction reactions (redox chemistry).
Nutritional Intervention in Downs Syndrome: This article
focusses on nutrition issues surrounding collagen (connective tissue)
metabolism, methylation metabolism, ammonia metabolism and mineral
deficiencies.
The Case for Piracetam in Downs Syndrome: This latest
feature article is on the use of piracetam in Downs syndrome
and other related conditions. It summarizes old research dealing
with piracetam and Downs syndrome and then covers recent major
research findings for conditions that may be related to this use
(i.e., piracetam use in children with
sickle-cell anemia and Angelman syndrome,
heart disease, hypoxia and anoxia, ataxia, apraxia, etc.
This article contains over two dozen references to recent literature,
review articles on piracetam, and drug reference guides (European
equivalents to the US Physicians Desk Reference or PDR).
Additional discussions of Downs syndrome have taken place in the Question & Answer section of Smart Drug News. Some of these discussions can be found in the back issues descriptions and others in our question-and-answer page on site.
CERIs Downs Syndrome Collection is now available for free by dowbnload from the Project Wellbeing web site (the Steve page). Click here to automatically go to the download file. Once it has loaded into your Adobe Reader, find the save-to-disk command to archive it on your computer system. You can then read it on screen, print it out, or attach it to an email to somebody else.
The Downs Syndrome Collection is a PDF-format version of all the literature we have published relating to DS, not only including all five of the feature articles that are linked above, but all nine sidebars (dealing with free radicals, oxidative stress during surgery, Dr. Lee-Benners visit to the Warner House, glutathione, the SAM cycle, the Fiona study, piracetam, and more, and also including all 28 Q&A's covering a wide spectrum of Downs-related topics sent in by our readers, This encompasses 85 pages of content, all collated and indexed for convenience of use.