An intervention for pregnant women that included a computerized, interactive decision-support guide regarding prenatal genetic testing, and no cost for testing, resulted in less prenatal test use and more informed choices, ...
Sep 23, 2014
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Having a child with a severe genetic condition will heavily impact on a parents' decision to have future prenatal testing, according to a new study co-conducted by Plymouth University.
Jan 20, 2016
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When a pregnant person declines a recommended treatment such as prenatal testing or an epidural, tension and strife may ensue between the patient and provider, according to a new analysis by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers ...
Jun 23, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The introduction of combined first-trimester screening correlated with an increase in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and a decrease in amniocentesis, while both CVS and amniocentesis decreased with the introduction ...
May 16, 2014
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Officials in southeastern Brazil say doctors performed a cesarean section on a 37-year-old woman only to discover that she wasn't pregnant.
Dec 17, 2013
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More than 100 German lawmakers voiced concern on Friday about prenatal tests for genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome that they say lead to more abortions.
Oct 12, 2018
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A study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine potentially has significant implications for prenatal testing for major fetal chromosome abnormalities. The study found that in a head-to-head comparison of noninvasive ...
Feb 27, 2014
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A new online tool has been launched to support expectant parents in their choices around prenatal testing for chromosome conditions in their unborn baby.
Oct 28, 2022
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If the blood of a pregnant woman is rhesus-negative (Rh-negative) and the blood of the foetus is rhesus-positive (Rh-positive), the woman may develop antibodies, which can cause severe harm to subsequent children in particular. ...
May 15, 2018
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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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