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Prenatal Screening Advances Create Agonizing Choices

Doctors may detect disease but struggle for details

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 08 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 to predict specific outcomes, the Wall Street Journal reports. That can lead to awful dilemmas for parents deciding whether to continue a pregnancy. More »

More about:  parenting • baby • childbirth • prenatal care

OPINION

 Palin's Critics Bitter 
 Over Own Abortions 

'Grief, shame, and guilt' spur attacks on Republican candidate

National Review National Review Oct 24, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The attacks lobbed at Sarah Palin have less to do with the candidate herself and more with the shame, guilt, and grief of the post-abortion community, the co-founder of an anti-abortion group writes in the National Review . Kevin Burke says Palin inspires such vitriol because she chose to have a baby with Down Syndrome, exposing the “painful wound in our culture.” More »

More about:  Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • abortion • pregnancy • Bristol Palin • prenatal care • Trig Palin • Down Syndrome

New Prenatal Gene Test Proves Safer

Checks mom's blood for defects without miscarriage risk

San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News Oct 7, 08 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have developed a prenatal test for genetic defects much safer than the ones currently in use, reports the San Jose Mercury News . Methods like amniocentesis can spot chromosomal disorders like Down Syndrome, but involve inserting a needle into the uterus, which carries close to a 1-in-200 risk of miscarriage. The new method uses advancements in DNA science and requires only a blood sample from the mother. More »

More about:  DNA • pregnancy • genetic testing • prenatal care • miscarriage • Down Syndrome • genetic defects • chromosomal disorders

Baby Born 'Again' After Tumor Operation

Doctors perform surgery in after 4 months of pregnancy

CBS CBS Jun 7, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas baby is faring well after doctors pulled her from the womb, cut off a tumor, and put her back in to be born 4 weeks ago, CBS News reports. Doctors noticed Macie McCartney's tumor 4 months into pregnancy and identified it as fatal—so they pulled out her mom's uterus and operated. "My hands are big and that tumor filled my hand," one surgeon said. More »

More about:  surgery • baby • tumor • prenatal care • womb

Morning Sickness
May Help Protect Embryos

Ailment has evolutionary benefit, researchers say

LiveScience LiveScience May 20, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Far from being a mere nuisance, morning sickness may actively protect embryos, LiveScience reports. Doctors have long recognized the association of morning sickness and a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests the condition evolved to protect embryos from dangerous environmental factors. More »

More about:  pregnancy • motherhood • scientific discoveries • prenatal care

Smaller Babies Become Hostile Adults: Study

Low weight at birth and childhood linked to more hostility later in life

Reuters Reuters May 13, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - New research has linked low birth weight and slow growth in childhood to increased levels of hostility in adults, Reuters reports. Researchers also discovered that the higher levels of aggression were linked to health trouble, including coronary problems, type 2 diabetes and earlier death. The levels of hostility appeared unconnected to any other factors like gender, number of siblings or educational level. More »

More about:  medical research • babies • weight • infant • prenatal care • body mass index • child development

Dark Chocolate Fends Off Pregnancy Problems

Chemical helps prevent preeclampsia, study finds

AFP AFP Apr 29, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pregnant women who indulge in a daily treat of dark chocolate are cutting the risk of a serious complication, according to new research. Dark chocolate, rich in the chemical theobromine, helped prevent preeclampsia, a serious condition related to high blood pressure that affects up to 8% of pregnancies, the study found. More »

More about:  pregnancy • blood pressure • chocolate • prenatal care • pregnant

Brits Will Pay Moms-to-Be to Eat for Two

Pregnant women in the UK will be given $240 to support a healthy diet

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Sep 9, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starting 2009, all expecting moms in the UK will receive a lump sum of $240, intended to be spent on a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables to help prevent low-birth-weight complications in newborn children. The "pregnancy grants" are part of Britain's new health secretary's plan to close the gap between rich and poor, the Guardian reports.   More »

More about:  health • food • England • pregnancy • public health • diet • women's health • parents • mothers • prenatal care

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