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New York Times Examines New Prenatal Diagnostics That Allow Pregnant Women To Avoid Invasive, Risky ProceduresFrom: Richard Chudacoff, MD (dean@thehuffpeople.net)Thu Jul 29 10:16:07 2004
.. Pregnancy & Childbirth New York Times Examines New Prenatal Diagnostics That Allow Pregnant Women To Avoid Invasive, Risky Procedures [Jul 27, 2004] The New York Times on Tuesday examined how the consideration of several factors -- including a series of blood tests, sonogram results and the age of a pregnant woman -- has begun reducing the number of pregnant women who undergo more invasive procedures to detect fetal anomalies. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Medical Genetics currently recommend that doctors offer amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling to all pregnant women ages 35 and older as well as some younger women. However, using age as the only determining factor during a time when more women are delaying childbearing until later in life has led to an increase in the number of CVS and amniocentesis procedures -- both of which are expensive and carry a small risk of miscarriage or other fetal harm, according to the Times (Brody, New York Times, 7/27). http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/health/27brod.html
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