This week has brought a confluence of evidence to me showing the power of story in delivering a Down syndrome diagnosis. Continue Reading
Your MaterniT21 test is NEVER positive
And it's NEVER negative, either. Continue Reading
We shouldn’t have to justify children with Down syndrome being born
Rachel Adams, the author of Raising Henry, has a piece in the new issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. You should read it and its lines should be inscribed in offices around the world. Continue Reading
Today Baby Doe Died
Today was the day in 1982 when Baby Doe died in a maternity ward in a hospital in Indiana. He died because his doctor advised his parents that they could "do nothing." Continue Reading
People with Down syndrome are not costs to be avoided through prenatal testing
I shouldn't even have to say this. Continue Reading
3 things about 3/18, National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day
Today is National Trisomy 18 Awareness Day, so chosen as "3/18" represents the genetic cause of Trisomy 18, a third copy of the 18th Chromosome. Here are three things about Trisomy 18. Continue Reading
What is the clinical utility of Down syndrome prenatal testing?
Yesterday's post on the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's statement saying noninvasive prenatal screening isn't ready for the general population left out a significant sentence. It raises the question: what is the clinical utility of Down syndrome prenatal testing? Continue Reading
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