Down Syndrome Program News Today

Physicians carve out time to practice self care activities to avoid burnout and provide the most effective care to their patients.

Physicians carve out time to practice self care activities to avoid burnout and provide the most effective care to their patients.

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, including disruptions to cognitive development and functioning, leading physician-researchers from Mass General Brigham to investigate better methods to treat these patients as early as possible to maximize their health outcomes.

A boy with Down syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea showed significant improvement after receiving a hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant.

Holy See Mission and Center for Family and Human Rights co-sponsor gathering to focus on positive aspects of chromosomal condition.

WILMINGTON — The Parent Information Center of Delaware,   in partnership with the Delaware Division of Public Health,   announces the recipients of the Statewide Family SHADE …

Five UNLV graduates will be recognized by President Keith E. Whitfield during winter commencement for their combination of academic excellence and service to the community.  

Scheduled for Thursday, June 23rd, the GLOBAL Roundtable Topics Include NEW Health Guidelines for Children & Adults with Down Syndrome, Promising Drugs &...

Ten graduating seniors share what their Bass Connections experience has meant to them.

Father Dennis Weber reflects on the privilege of his ministry to persons with intellectual disabilities at Don Guanella and Divine Providence Village. He finds people with Down syndrome are very happy, even as they are becoming victims of a new genocide.