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PARIS, France (AFP) — A Frenchwoman with Down’s Syndrome will realize a “dream” by presenting the prime time weather bulletin on French television next week, an advocacy group for the disabled said Wednesday. Melanie Segard, 21, will begin training for the broadcast next Tuesday at the studios of public television station France 2, UNAPEI said in a statement. Segard has scored more than 200,000 “likes” on Facebook in less than two weeks since the association […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — A chemical in green tea has been shown to improve cognitive ability in persons with Down’s syndrome, scientists and doctors said Tuesday. In a year-long clinical trial, the treatment led to improved scores on memory and behaviour tests, they reported in a study, published in the The Lancet Neurology. The positive impact remained six months after the trial ended. Brain scans revealed that the compound, called epigallocatechin gallate, […]
