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View Post: Fetal Ultrasound Pregnancy Scans, Imaging: Prenatal Obstetric ...
18 Nov 2009
Ultrasound Screening is Beneficial for Parents and Baby. Prenatal ultrasounds allow potentially serious problems to be diagnosed before birth, allowing parents a chance to adjust to difficult diagnoses before delivery and for medical ...
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View Post: Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests - Baylor ...
22 Nov 2009 by picton@bcm.edu (Glenna Picton)  
“We wanted to be able to definitively describe the detection and accuracy of noninvasive prenatal screening for the detection of Down syndrome,” said Dr. Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at BCM ...
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View Post: Science-Based Medicine » Why Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination Isn ...
26 Nov 2009 by Joseph Albietz  
In addition to vaccination of high risk groups, we began universal vaccination of all infants at birth, vaccination of adolescents, and prenatal screening of pregnant women to identify children who would require not only vaccination at ...
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View Post: Health Care Rationing, American-Style - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com
27 Nov 2009 by By UWE E. REINHARDT  
Now, it may be argued that Texans simply choose not to have these screening tests or the prenatal care, even if they had insurance coverage or could easily afford them with their own money. Perhaps. But chances are that in a state in ...
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View Post: Difference Between IVF and ICSI
Difference Between
IVF vs ICSI ...
View Blog: Hence prenatal screening is suggested. Summary: 1. IVF stands for in-vitro fertilization while ICSI stands for Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection. 2. In vitro fertilization is suggested when other traditional modes of reproductive

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View Post: Week 12 - Oct 26 - The Start of Prenatal Screening
12 Nov 2009 by Burnin' Rubber  
I'm not sure why I feel the need to defend why I want to have the prenatal birth defect screening. It seems many have very strong feelings why you shouldn't do it but for those who do, would you think I haven't thought through all the ...
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View Post: A “cure” for Down syndrome? — Reader feedback #6 : Contrarian
27 Nov 2009 by Parker  
In the debate surrounding disability – prenatal screening , euthanasia, etc. – there is an assumption that we all agree on a definition of what is good, what is better, what is the ideal. Who decided that smarter is better? ...
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View Post: Jill Stanek - TV anchor's baby defies terminal diagnosis
23 Nov 2009 by Jill Stanek  
Sorry mods, I meant to check the box to get a response regarding prenatal misdiagnosis. Posted by: Prolifer L at November 25, 2009 12:38 PM. I think we have to be careful to always distinguish between diagnosis and screening. ...
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View Post: Nuance and Reproductive Rights
14 Nov 2009 by meloukhia  
But when a prenatal screening identifies disabilities (or the potential for disability, which I will get to in a moment) and a mother decides to abort, there's a value judgment going on there. It's not a judgment about whether or not ...
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