Premature babies with serious brain haemorrhage treated with a 'brain washing' technique were twice as likely to survive without severe learning disability when compared with infants given standard ...

Scientists believe that many severe learning difficulties are one disease caused by a malfunctioning gene - Westend61 A faulty gene is likely to be responsible for many severe learning difficulties, ...

The draft consultation for guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 so far fails to recognise the importance of learning disability nurses in the health and wellbeing of people with Down's syndrome.

Premature babies with serious brain hemorrhage treated with a 'brain washing' technique pioneered by Bristol researchers have shown in a 10-year follow-up study, were twice as likely to survive ...

If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

There is a large body of research that seeks the lived experiences of people who self-harm. This has informed our understanding as to why people hurt themselves and the sorts of responses that are ...

People in England with a learning disability have a higher risk of cancer, especially before age 50, according to a study by researchers from The University of Manchester and The ChristieNHS ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt ordered an independent inquiry on Monday into the deaths of six people with learning disabilities after a charity said they had died because of ...

My elder brother, James, who was born in 1943 with a genetic chromosomal abnormality known as Down Syndrome, and who had a severe learning disability, died in 1999 in the UK as a result of other ...

She overcame a severe learning disability to become a scientist with “golden hands” and most recently a college instructor. She died of Covid-19. By Richard Sandomir This obituary is part of a series ...