Health
Benefits of iron supplements unclear for pregnant women, young children
(HealthDay)—Taking iron supplements during pregnancy doesn't appear to significantly change any health outcomes for mom or baby, a new review shows.
Mar 31, 2015
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News tagged with prenatal screening
Genetics
ASHG and ESHG issue position statement on non-invasive prenatal screening
Two of the world's largest professional societies of human geneticists have issued a joint position statement on the promise and challenges of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), a new procedure to test blood drawn from ...
Mar 25, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds NIPT detects more than 80 percent of chromosomal abnormalities
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in New Orleans, researchers will report that noninvasive prenatal testing detected 83.2 percent of chromosomal ...
Feb 3, 2014
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Genetics
FDA OKs mental disability blood test for infants
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a first-of-a-kind blood test that can help predict intellectual disabilities in infants by analyzing their genetic code.
Jan 17, 2014
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism and prenatal screening
The internet was ablaze last week with the news that health authorities in Western Australia (WA) have given approval for IVF clinics to 'screen' embryos to reduce the chances of a couple having a child with autism.
Dec 2, 2013
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Genetics
Gene discovery to help parents to avoid fatal baby disease
(Medical Xpress)—One of the genes which causes a muscle disease so severe that newborn babies rarely survive beyond a few days has been discovered by an international team of scientists, coordinated by The University of ...
Jun 7, 2013
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ACMG releases statement on noninvasive prenatal screening
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has just released an important new Policy Statement on "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy." The Statement can be found in the Publications section ...
Apr 8, 2013
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Genetics
Research discovers likely basis of birth defect causing premature skull closure in infants
An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic ...
Nov 18, 2012
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European court urged not to accredit Down's syndrome tests
Groups supporting people with Down's syndrome on Thursday called on the European Court of Human Rights not to recognise the right to tests that would detect the condition before birth.
Jun 28, 2012
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Medical research
Identification of differential proteins in maternal serum with Down syndrome
Prenatal screening for Down syndrome (DS) is still in need of improvement. Perinatal medicine experts have worked hard to find new biomarkers for screening of DS. Dr. Shi he Shao and his co-investigators, from Jiangsu University ...
Jun 7, 2012
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