Research suggests that STIs can increase both a HIV-negative personâs risk of becoming infected with HIV and an HIV-positive personâs risk of transmitting HIV to someone else. This article explores how STIs may increase the risk of sexual HIV transmission, how STIs may be undermining our HIV prevention strategies, and what we can do about it.
Cerebral Palsy Foundation estimated that. 764,000 children and adults in the United. States carried the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. In addition, an estimated 8,000 babies and. infants, plus 1,200 to 1,500 preschool-age. children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy. every year in the United States.1. Etiology.
Each year approximately 3,000 to 5,000 children are born with this chromosome disorder and it is believed there are about 250,000 families in the United States of America who are affected by Down Syndrome. Sixty to 80 percent of children with Down Syndrome have hearing deficits. Forty to 45 percent of children with Down Syndrome have congenital heart disease. Intestinal abnormalities also occur at a higher frequency in children with Down Syndrome. Children with Down Syndrome often have more eye problems than other children who do not have this chromosome disorder.