The Care Down Syndrome program, created by the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), is designed to bridge a critical gap in ...

A new initiative aims to give healthcare workers information about care for adults with Down syndrome.

Amid a critical shortage of providers, AdventHealth for Children in Orlando has launched a clinic that will treat Down syndrome patients from diagnosis throughout adulthood, a first in the Southeast.

Taking regular walks may do much more than improve physical health for adults with Down syndrome. New research finds that walking three times a week for 30 minutes could prompt meaningful improvements ...

MONTROSE, Mo. — It took Samantha Lesmeister’s family four months to find a medical professional who could see that she was struggling with something more than her Down syndrome. The young woman, known ...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A unique brain scanner is used to allow the assessment of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles- the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease- in adults with Down syndrome. This ...

DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, July 25, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association (RMDSA) is proud to announce that this year’s Step Up ...

Adults with both Down Syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing remarkable resilience despite facing significant medical challenges, according to ...

Pediatrician Kate Westmoreland cuts a ribbon during a ceremony Monday, March 17, 2025, for the opening of UNC Health’s new Down Syndrome Clinic in Chapel Hill as her daughter, Izabel, 2, who has Down ...

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Around 1 in 700 babies in the United States is born each year with Down Syndrome, according to the National Down Syndrome ...

Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica Aissa Martinez really gets under her ...