With the study of 200,000 women and their babies, STARshiP represents one of the largest endeavours in pregnancy screening research. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR ...

Regular screening can prevent early complications such as hypertension and pregnancy diabetes. Antenatal care aims to improve health and prevent disease for both the pregnant woman and her baby.

With every new advance in prenatal genetic screening, the ability to prevent suffering has also sparked difficult questions about what should count as “a disease” versus “a difference ...

Prenatal screening is best performed within an integrated program providing biochemical testing in conjunction with knowledgeable experienced counselors, expert ultrasonographers, and physicians ...

New guidelines were approved Feb. 18 to expand the number of certified medical institutions that can provide prenatal genetic screening to detect chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses. Non-invasive ...