This Saturday night is the Louisville premiere of the movie Produce. What a great way to kick off National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
Continue reading... October 1, 2014
Happy Anniversary National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
October was proclaimed National Down Syndrome Month in 1984. How do you plan to celebrate this anniversary?
Continue reading... September 25, 2014
More informed decisions = less prenatal testing
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association makes what for some is a surprising finding: when women know more about prenatal testing, fewer of them accept it.
Continue reading... September 24, 2014
Consensus: 5 years later @NSGC2014
At this year’s National Society of Genetic Counselors annual conference, an impressive panel was assembled that shared the developments of a historic meeting. The lessons shared will need to be applied even more as prenatal testing progresses.
Continue reading... September 17, 2014
The 2014 NSGC AEC in NOLA
This week, I present for the first time at the National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Education Conference. And, that’s not even the best thing.
Continue reading... September 15, 2014
Down syndrome screening no longer a recommended preventive service
Down syndrome screening is no longer listed as a recommended preventive care service by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This renders many insurance policies outdated and may avoid instituting an explicitly eugenic policy under the Affordable Care Act.
Continue reading... September 11, 2014
New Down syndrome prenatal test not FDA-approved
The newest prenatal test for Down syndrome–non-invasive prenatal screening–is not FDA-approved. It’s not because it doesn’t have to be. But that may change.
Continue reading... September 9, 2014
Prenatal screening & probability results for Down syndrome
Odds are good that you don’t understand your prenatal screening probability results for Down syndrome … and neither does your doctor.
Continue reading... September 4, 2014
Abortion keeps Down syndrome births stable
As nonsensical as that headline seems, it’s what’s happening: abortion is keeping the number of babies born with Down syndrome at their historical annual average. This is because we would otherwise be seeing twice as many children born with Down syndrome each year.
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