Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is one of those things that could mean nothing at all in the longterm, or it could be ...

Q: I've had trouble getting pregnant and finally succeeded at the age of 37. Everyone says I should get an amniocentesis, but I'm afraid it will cause a miscarriage. What should I do? A: First, let me ...

If you were told that there were "soft markers" for Down syndrome during your level 2 ultrasound, you may be wondering what ...

Are there anomalies on the ultrasound? If anomalies exist, will the fetus be able to survive them in the long term? If the fetus is diagnosed with a non-life-threatening disorder (e.g., Down syndrome) ...

Is simply being 35 or older enough reason for a pregnant woman to undergo amniocentesis to check for Down syndrome? The older mothers-to-be are, the higher their risk of having babies with this fairly ...

As with amniocentesis, obstetricians may suggest using CVS, short for chorionic villus sampling, to detect genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome. In CVS, specialists perform an ultrasound to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A new type of noninvasive prenatal test is becoming more readily available for pregnant women to find out if they are at risk of giving birth to a baby with a chromosomal ...

WASHINGTON -- Is simply being 35 or older enough reason for a pregnant woman to undergo amniocentesis to check for Down syndrome? The older mothers-to-be are, the higher their risk of having babies ...

CHICAGO Several features on ultrasound scans that doctors thought were warning signs of Down's syndrome almost always are harmless, leading many women with normal fetuses to undergo unnecessary ...

Dena Goffman, MD, fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York Peter S. Bernstein, MD, MPH, FACOG, Associate Professor of Clinical ...