World Down Syndrome Day is right around the corner, and I invite you to join us in celebrating on March 21! This special day ...

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 ...

A new study led by Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, Director of the Neuroimmunology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, shows ...

Cognitive decline is a too-common feature of old age among those born with Down syndrome. Though the reasons aren't well ...

Mike Hensdill/USA TODAY NETWORK / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A North Carolina teenager broke down in tears in court after being charged as an adult for murder. According to local media ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk ... an aging-related syndrome, by integrating the health records of more than 500,000 ...

These are the latest in a series of lung-related health concerns that have plagued Francis, and it’s a reminder for older adults to take respiratory infections seriously — even if you’re not ...

Down Syndrome (DS), the most prevalent intellectual disability ... The rate of COVID-19-associated mortality is also higher in adults with DS than in the general population. Among hospitalized ...

“Once Gwilym was older and had taken three steps they ... of anything anyone did before or during pregnancy. People with Down's syndrome will have some level of learning disability.

A manikin created to look like it has Down's syndrome is being used to train hospital staff. Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, is using the child-sized manikin called Gwen to teach staff how to ...

However, health care needs often increase with age, potentially leaving many older adults riddled with worry. According to a recent Forbes Advisor survey of U.S. adults across several generations ...

New research from UNSW's Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) has explored the views of older adults on what constitutes "super-aging." The study, published in the Activities, Adaptation & Aging ...