Talk:Health aspects of Down syndrome

message: I have reverted the addition of the cite template in the article. There is certainly no consensus that cite is to be used for articles and I find it difficult and unwieldy to use. Hence, I'd prefer to avoid it if possible! InvictaHOG 11:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries.  It is somewhat unwieldy, and it is different from the references that I normally use in my own writing (either Chicago Style Book or Council of Biological Editors).  I particularly dislike the way it handles full dates.  However, it does allow for a consistency in style within an article.  I'll leave the citations alone. TedTalk/Contributions 17:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's certainly okay to do so on the main article in order to have a consistent system! InvictaHOG 18:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cite template 

message: I would like to add a reference to the DSMIG Health Care Guidelines (http://www.denison.edu/collaborations/dsq/health99.html) in the screening section. And since we have a section on plastic surgery, I could also do a paragraph on other "alternate therapies." Lleshin 14:39, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you'd like to add things, go ahead! Generally I don't create an article until I've finished it on a separate editor - this one was already created so you can see how piecemeal I've had to go about it given time constraits with work. Just to let you know my thoughts for this page - I have information to add about neurology under the symptoms section and then I plan to expand the screening/prevention section with a discussion of the guidelines. Finally, I'll expand the treatment section to include discussion of the treatment of the more common problems with links to the individual pages for further reading. The plastic surgery part was copied directly from the main page - I certainly wouldn't have written it first! If there are therapies that you think should be here, go ahead and add them and I will attempt to incorporate them into whatever text that I later add. I'm hoping that this weekend will be productive and that I can finish my work on this page. InvictaHOG 15:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions 

message: Is there any reason that the only link to the Down syndrome article is in the See also section? --apers0n 12:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Down syndrome 

message: Aren't these the most life-threatening part of the syndrome when present?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.148.42 (talk) 06:40, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Why no discussion of heart problems?

message: The article contradicts itself.
"All other typical newborn, childhood, and adult screening and vaccination programs should also be performed." [reference 14]
...
and 4 lines later:
"It has been recommended that vaccinations be avoided due to the correlation of vaccination and severe Down's syndrome." [no reference cited]
I'd suggest deleting the suggestion about avoiding vaccines, unless it has a decent study behind it which we can reference.
Jonathan. Jdavtz (talk) 15:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction with no reference (vaccines) 

message: *Moot point. Fences&Windows 21:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: "Characteristics of Down syndrome" would be equally problematic. Anything that describes Down syndrome is a characteristic of Down syndrome, so there are no criteria to describe what should or should not be in this article. L believe it should instead be merged into the main Down syndrome article. --Arcadian (talk) 12:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be an alternative, but by the size of the Down syndrome article, they should probably remain divided. Perhaps Bodily characteristics of Down syndrome would work? A merge would still be required, however; first by much of the current text in Down_syndrome#Characteristics to this one, and the rest of the text in this one to the main article. Mikael Häggström (talk) 16:30, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

text: On second thought, much of what is now written as signs and symptoms is in fact rather complications or conditions with increased risk. Having that split to an individual section leaves not enough text to justify a separate article. I should have agreed with you right away, Arcadian. =-) Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to Characteristics of Down syndrome

message: *Moot, as the article has been merged. Fences&Windows 21:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thought, much of what is now written as signs and symptoms is in fact rather complications or conditions with increased risk. Having that split to an individual section leaves not enough text to justify a separate article. I should have agreed with you right away, Arcadian. =-) Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Move to Signs and symptoms of Down syndrome