“Wow! You were so kind to that little boy!” a pediatric resident told me with a saccharine and insincere tone. I was a third-year medical student, and she’d pulled me aside after she’d witnessed me ...

While Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects about five percent of the general pediatric population, 80 percent of children with Down syndrome experience OSA. Continual OSA results in poor health, ...

Many adults with Down syndrome live independently, hold jobs, and lead full and happy lives. Learn how the condition affects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Keratoconus diagnosis may be challenging in these patients. Cross-linking can stabilize the cornea and preserve ...

The NIH has launched a new web tool to provide medical professionals and researchers with de-identified information from its Down syndrome registry. DS-Connect, the NIH’s Down Syndrome registry, was ...

Aelis Farma announced positive results from Phase 1/2 trial of its drug candidate AEF0217 in young adults with Down syndrome. The study assessed the safety and efficacy of AEF0217, a selective CB1 ...

Patients with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing early onset Alzheimer disease compared to the general population. Among the 6.5 million older patients with intellectual disabilities ...

An unprecedented study reveals strategy to decrease the burden of alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and other autoimmune conditions. A new study published in eLIFE by researchers from the ...

Reaction to pain is not always apparent among patients with Down's syndrome, but new research published in 2 December Lancet (Lancet 2000 356:1882) suggests that such individuals just express it more ...

Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. Because of genes present on this chromosome that are known to contribute to Alzheimer's disease, patients with Down syndrome often develop ...

In the must-see video above, a Texas patient with down syndrome was blown away when two of her favorite Disney princesses came to visit her in hospital last December, thanks to the kindness of an ICU ...