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Prenatal Screening Advances Create Agonizing Choices

Doctors may detect disease but struggle for details

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 25, 2008 7:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Advances in prenatal screening have given parents-to-be a clearer window into the health of their unborn children—and the dramatic increase in information can lead to wrenching choices. Tests are now able to detect many genetic disorders—but they are not always reliable, or able... Read full story »

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