UNC Health opens 1-stop clinic to serve children and adults with Down syndrome
The clinic, located on the ground floor of the N.C. Children’s Hospital on Manning Drive in Chapel Hill, officially opens ...
UNC opens lifelong Down syndrome clinic in NC, expanding care for all ages
The UNC Down Syndrome Clinic marks a significant expansion of care options for people with Down syndrome. Spearheaded by a ...
Woman with Alzheimer’s — but no dementia symptoms — stumps doctors
The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained ...
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Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction Linked To Down Syndrome
Researchers of a new study have discovered that DSRD patients showed signs of neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier ...
Doctors Shocked After Woman with Alzheimer’s Disease Stays Cognitively 'Intact’: ‘Remarkable'
Researchers analyzed the brain of a woman with down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, and were shocked to discover that ...
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Lincoln Land Down Syndrome Society spreading awareness for World Down Syndrome Day
This Friday, March 21st, is known as World Down Syndrome Day. The date symbolizes the three copies of Chromosome 21.
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'We all have to be equals': 25-year-old Elma woman with Down Syndrome shares the importance of acceptance
Friday, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Awareness Day and we're highlighting local voices in the Down Syndrome community, like Sydney Hanley's.
Alzheimer’s without symptoms? Unbelievable case of US woman leaves doctors stumped
A US woman with Down syndrome exhibited no symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease despite her brain showing advanced pathology.
Gen Z Woman Shares Important Message After Learning Baby Has Down Syndrome
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...
What to know about hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary ...