Why Is Down Syndrome Day 321?Understanding Down Syndrome and Its Global RecognitionDown Syndrome is a genetic condition ...

What started as a simple school assignment became something much more meaningful for 12-year-old Brady Donahue.

Today the Global Down Syndrome Foundation published its Policy Statement on how potential changes to Medicaid can affect ...

Chromosome 21 was the second human chromosome to be fully sequenced. Down syndrome happens when Trisomy 21 occurs, which means that each cell is the body has three copies of chromosome 21 instead ...

A new study reveals that people with Down syndrome are at a significantly higher risk of stroke and heart issues. People with ...

Down syndrome patients have a 5.14 times higher risk of a stroke caused by a brain bleed, and more than 4 times higher risk ...

2024 — Researchers have identified a gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome, a condition that results from an additional copy of chromosome 21. Reducing the overactivity of this gene ...

As if on cue this Mother’s Day, thoughts of what makes me a woman and a mother have been swirling in my mind. I came to the ...

TikToker Joey Swoll has called out an Instagram model for using a filter that makes it look like they have down syndrome.

Dr. Aisha Sobey told Newsweek this content "marketizes identities as commodities," and "risks further entrenching misogynistic views of women." ...

Studies by a growing number of labs have identified neurological health benefits from exposing human volunteers or animal ...

In Down syndrome, patients have an extra copy of chromosome 21, which changes how their body and brain develops, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During ...