The lifespan of people with Down syndrome is higher than ever before, according to the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. In fact, the average lifespan of folks with Down syndrome has increased from ...

Exercise and "cognitive training" can improve life for adults with Down's syndrome, research has suggested. Two Anglia Ruskin University academics based in Cambridge led a study involving more ...

The Canadian Down Syndrome Society is shedding light on the issue of loneliness and isolation faced by many adults with the genetic disorder. Audra Brown with a look at the new campaign that's setting ...

and our medical system have done such a wonderful job in caring for children with Down syndrome that many are now living into their 40s, 50s, or older,” says Edward J. Lose, M.D., assistant professor ...

As people with Down syndrome become adults, employment is an important part of gaining independence ... In Canada, despite a ...

The clinic, which began seeing patients in July 2007, is one of the few in the nation dedicated to providing services to adult patients with Down Syndrome. Because of improvements in diagnosis, ...

“The country’s health care system is not well developed to meet the needs of people with Down syndrome after they become adults,” said Chisen Takeuchi, a specialist of clinical genetics who ...

"Living with a child with Down's syndrome is exactly the same as living with our children who don't. "Life can be a little more colourful, it can be a bit slower, but it has all the joys of ...

I read your recent article on autism and found it informative. My brother’s son of four years has Down syndrome. This was diagnosed when he was very young. However, we recently visited a doctor ...

Researchers identified mosaicism as a possible factor influencing Alzheimer’s risk in adults with Down syndrome, offering new insights into amyloid biomarkers and their broader implications for ...