People with Down syndrome are now living to be 60 or older, but these patients “are going to face death by Alzheimer's disease with no therapeutic intervention along the way,” according to ...

A mother has said she is amazed after more than a million people watched a video celebrating children with Down’s syndrome. Rebecca Carless, from Coventry, joined 49 other mothers from an online ...

Down syndrome increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. People with Down syndrome may experience health problems as they age that are similar to those experienced by older people in the general ...

The parents of a little boy with Down Syndrome have captured the beautiful moment their son walked through a train and greeted every single passenger. Vincent and Alice Drisch were travelling from ...

As October marks World Down Syndrome Awareness Month, it’s an opportune time to learn and support those with the condition. About 5,700 babies are born in the U.S. with Down syndrome each year ...

To mark World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, Fox News contributor Tom Shillue headed to Times Square to speak with a father of a girl with Down syndrome about common misperceptions.

The National Down Syndrome Society has called the doll "a huge step forward for inclusion." Mattel’s Barbie is one of the most iconic American brands. Since 1959, we’ve followed Barbara ...

Individuals with Down syndrome are at increased risk of heart disease, researchers said this week. The developmental disability is caused when a person is born with an extra chromosome, and can ...

Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is a condition where people, by chance, are born with an extra chromosome and as a result have some form of learning disability.