Attention all Chinese adult adoptees and orphans:

The Chinese Adult Adoptee Worldwide Reunion is a group of adult Hong Kong and Chinese adoptees and orphans here to support and to enjoy getting to know each other from the same homeland, to build ties with those who stayed home, and to keep ties with one another as older mentors for younger Chinese adoptees worldwide.  They are inviting all adoptees and orphans to join them at their first reunion which will be held in Hong Kong on September 28th through October 2, 2010.  For more information about the group or the reunion, visit the CAAWR website.  They are also holding scheduled chats, via Skype, where you can talk with other adoptees who are attending the reunion.  More information on the chats can be found here: http://www.caawr.com/events/reunion-skype-chats/

If you can help us reach Chinese adult adoptees anywhere through your own links, we would appreciate your support.  Feel free to send our poster out everywhere.

By: George Rogu M.D. Lactose intolerance is defined as the body’s inability to digest and absorb the milk sugar called lactose. This occurs secondary to a deficiency in a necessary enzyme essential in the digestion process of milk products. This enzyme is named lactase. In many children who are internationally adopted this medical entity is incorrectly blamed for many intestinal symptoms these children experience. Lactose intolerance is more prevalent among adult Asian, African, Native American and Mediterranean populations. Although many internationally adopted children come from the above-mentioned ethnic groups, this condition is relatively rare in infants and very young children. It does occur however under pathological conditions such as when a child has some sort of intestinal infection. In infants and very young children, the enzyme lactase remains active during the first few years in order to enable these children to absorb and digest breast milk or formula.