According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...

More than 5,000 babies are born with Down syndrome every year in the United States. What began as a support group for about ...

and you asked us again if we understood how low our quality of life would be with a child with Down syndrome. You suggested we reconsider our decision to continue the pregnancy. From that first ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant ...

This is also another distinct characteristic of babies with Down Syndrome. Is it possible to tell if the baby will have this condition during pregnancy? There are screening tests for Down Syndrome ...

Now, in a new interview, actress Sally Phillips says she believes there's pressure on mums of Down's Syndrome babies to terminate the pregnancy and, as a mum of a child with Down's Syndrome ...