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Ultrasound screening of pregnant women combined with blood tests can reduce Down syndrome births by up to 50% Professor Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, of the Kennedy Institute, Glostrup, Denmark, has told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics.
Traditional tests for Downs include Amniocentesis where a needle is inserted through […]
Anencephaly is a tragic and shocking disease for any parent to have to come to terms with. Because of the nature of the condition, babies born with it will not survive.
Anencephaly is a neural tube defect. The neural tube fails to close properly early in pregnancy, leading to a lack of normal brain development. A […]
The Apgar is a test developed by anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar to assist doctors in making uniform observations about an infant’s overall health just after birth.
The test is performed one minute after the birth, then again at five minutes. The doctor will be giving the baby a score of 0 to 2 in each of five different […]