I did not know that anything was unusual until I was seven months pregnant. Inside the exam room, the technician dimmed the ...

When doctors, nurses, janitors and strangers alike flocked to the room and crowded the hall to witness John Mark, a Down ...

The parents of a seven-year-old boy who has Down's syndrome say his modelling success shows how children with the condition can do anything. Rio, from Bath in Somerset, is one of the faces of ...

Down's syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome in the cells of a developing baby. It is not hereditary. It is the most common cause of severe mental disability and is often ...

You were so kind to that little boy!” a paediatric resident told me with a ... I was early in my residency the first time I cared for a baby diagnosed with Down syndrome after birth. Becky was not on ...

From his very first ‘urbi et orbi’ to his last, the Holy Father called us all to remember the human person, especially in ...

and Corey The mother of a boy with Down syndrome has told how he waited for more than three years for a scan to confirm he has arthritis. Lucy Meaney, from Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, said Joey (16 ...

Down's syndrome can cause developmental delays, intellectual disability and increase the risk for some medical issues in individuals who have the condition. "It's showing the world that anyone ...