{"id":1256,"date":"2024-09-23T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:44:00","slug":"a-population-study-of-alzheimers-dementia-in-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/2024\/09\/23\/a-population-study-of-alzheimers-dementia-in-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Read: A Population Study of Alzheimer&#8217;s Dementia in Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px;\"> By <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/eric-rubenstein\/\">Eric Rubenstein<\/a>, <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/salina-tewolde\/\">Salina Tewolde<\/a>, Amy Michals, et al.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:16px;\">\n      This study shows that Alzheimer\u2019s disease is very common among adults with Down syndrome, often starting in their 50s, and calls for better understanding and care for this community.\n    <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<a href=\"\/rubenstein\/files\/2025\/06\/A-Population-Study-of-Alzheimers-Dementia-in-Down-Syndrome_easy-read-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"flex-shrink: 0; margin-right: 20px;\"><img src=\"\/rubenstein\/files\/2025\/10\/EasyRead_ADRD-DS_TitlePage.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Read: A Population Study of Alzheimer's Dementia in Down Syndrome\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width:auto; border-radius:10px; border: 2px solid black;\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Full article link --><\/p>\n<h5>Read the full article here:<\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin:0; font-size:14px;\">\nRubenstein E, Tewolde S, Michals A, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11420697\/\">Alzheimer Dementia Among Individuals With Down Syndrome<\/a>. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(9):e2435018. doi:10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2024.35018\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Rubenstein, Salina Tewolde, Amy Michals, et al. This study shows that Alzheimer\u2019s disease is very common among adults with Down syndrome, often starting in their 50s, and calls for better understanding and care for this community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}