#163 - Aging in Down Syndrome (Life Expectancy, Early Aging, Menopause) - a podcast by Kishore Vellody, MD

Dr. Brian Chicoine and Dr. Hannah Graham from the Adult Down Syndrome Center with Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, Illinois joined the podcast today to discuss a listener question on menopause in Down syndrome.  While I had these experts on the podcast, we also discussed other aging related topics in Down syndrome.

For more information on the Adult Down Syndrome Center, go to: https://www.advocatehealth.com/health-services/adult-down-syndrome-center/.

To access the Down Syndrome Resource Library, go to: https://adscresources.advocatehealth.com/

If you are a provider looking to discuss a patient with experts in Down syndrome, consider using Project Echo: https://www.dsmig-usa.org/Project-Echo

To view the latest healthcare guidelines for adults with Down syndrome, go to:  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/277190

If you would like to suggest a topic for us to cover on the podcast, please send an e-mail to DownSyndromeCenter@chp.edu.

If you would like to partner with the Down Syndrome Center, including this podcast, please visit https://givetochildrens.org/downsyndromecenter.

Thank you to “Caring for Kids” The Carrie Martin Fund for its support of the Down Syndrome Center Podcast. 

 

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