Looking for answers about Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome

People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever before. Getting older can bring new health challenges, including Alzheimer’s disease. The National Institutes of Health has launched a new initiative to study Alzheimer’s in people with Down syndrome with the goal of finding biomarkers that signal the disease’s onset and progression.

Learn more about this new initiative.

Get information about Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome in this new fact sheet.

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• Groundbreaking #NIH initiative to track #Alzheimers onset/progress in ppl with #DownSyndrome http://1.usa.gov/1H95q4H
• How are #Alzheimers and #DownSyndrome connected? Get the answer here: http://1.usa.gov/1SDIB9E