There are 700,000 cases of dementia in the UK ... The project is funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council, and is being run in partnership with the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA). If you ...

The Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is partnering with Ulster University to ...

The woman had participated in the Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium—Down Syndrome Research Study led by Elizabeth Head, a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the ...

Studies reveal that people with Down syndrome (DS) have over a 90% lifetime risk of developing dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) as they age. Research from the University of Pittsburgh's ...

Cognitive decline is a too-common feature of old age among those born with Down syndrome. Though the reasons aren't well understood, having an extra copy of chromosome 21 seems to hasten the ...

Their risk of getting it increases with each decade after 40, and their overall lifetime risk is more than 90%.

Researchers are working to reduce the health risks associated with Down syndrome and improve long-term quality of life.

The decision not to provide NHS funding has caused consternation among patient advocacy groups, including Alzheimer's Research UK, which has ... after NICE also turned down Eisai and Biogen's ...

Head oversees the Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium—Down Syndrome Research Study. The woman who participated in the study decided to donate her brain to researchers following her death in her '60s. The ...

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impairs memory and cognitive judgment and is often accompanied by mood swings, disorientation and eventually delirium.