The Care Down Syndrome program, created by the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), is designed to bridge a critical gap in healthcare. It gives primary care doctors access to research, training, ...

Few people with Down syndrome have access to doctors specializing in the chromosomal disorder, but a new effort is underway ...

“We created CARE Down Syndrome to close critical gaps in care for adults with Down syndrome,” said Kandi Pickard, NDSS President and CEO. “This initiative empowers healthcare professionals with the ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with ...

Is Alzheimer’s disease different in people with Down’s? Two recent proteomics studies say yes. In the July 1 Nature Communications, scientists led by Erik Johnson at Emory University School of ...

People with Down syndrome have a higher risk for respiratory, hearing and eye-related issues, congenital heart defects, thyroid disorders, and other medical conditions. Babies diagnosed with Down ...

Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development ...

In adults with Down syndrome, metabolic syndrome was uncommon, yet obesity alone correlated with higher odds of Alzheimer’s ...

Women with Down syndrome have more advanced signs of Alzheimer's disease than men do at the average age of diagnosis, which is the same for both sexes, according to research by the University of ...