Down syndrome influencers have found fame and money thanks to social media — which also harbors problematic Down syndrome ...

Janet Charchuk knows that having Down syndrome puts her at higher risk of getting Alzheimer's disease at a younger age than ...

Tom Redmond and Jon DP Shaw land knockout blows for charity in bout at DP Boxing in Sherriff Street, Worcester ...

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...

Learn more about BrainGate2, a medical technology that may help those with ALS to speak in the future.

The budget reconciliation bill Congress narrowly approved in early July will cut $1 trillion of federal spending from ...

OGDEN, Utah (KSTU) — For Quarbin DeGroshe, a 21-year-old from Duchesne County with Down syndrome, the ferris wheel at Lagoon is a clear favorite. This year, he set out with a goal — not just ...

Catholic schools may be the best place for children with special needs, because they root each child's identity not in ...

People with "young" brains -- brains aging more slowly than their actual age -- are much less likely to die or develop Alzheimer's disease than those with "old" brains suffering from accelerated aging ...

Many scientists view Down’s syndrome as a genetic form of Alzheimer’s because the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene lies on chromosome 21. The extra dose of APP in DS causes amyloid to amass in the ...