It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Eberhardt, 37, is now the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an action film ... the community support," Gonyo said. "So many people wanting to be a part and chipping in and donating ...

The 21-year-old, who has also starred in Rapman's Netflix superhero series Supacell, says Boarders is also an important show as it "represents all different types of black people". Myles Kamwendo ...

"I have piriformis syndrome, so it's a muscle that kind of clamps down on my sciatic nerve ... started riding her indoor bike "like a crazy person." "It's not appropriate for my body, and I ...

Chiu was the last person to testify in the coroner's inquest into the death of Florence Girard, a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome who starved to death while living in her caretaker's home in ...

This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...

Since the 1980s, the average life expectancy of a person with Down’s syndrome has more than doubled, from less than 30 to well into their 60s. Living longer, though, has revealed a tragic twist ...

He recalls when he found out his son would have Down syndrome. "We knew ahead of time that he would have Down Syndrome," he explained. "We knew we needed to change the goals for him. There would be ...

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress — a nonprofit that represents more than 5,000 people living with Down syndrome throughout the state — the law has been a policy priority ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Black people with obesity are less likely to get weight-loss surgery than others. Black people are just as likely to discuss the procedure with their ...

THERE is something seriously wrong with our psyche as black people, which seems to have sustained irreparable and irreversible damage. A psyche of self-hate. The shocking reported fate of Ithala ...