Re: One-Hour Fetus Photo
From: Karen Roersma (kroersmardms@netscape.net)
Sat Sep 7 16:08:29 2002
My question is, why doesn't the ARDMS take disciplinary action against
registered sonographers who perform this type of scan while thumbing
their noses at the FDA?
>>
>> --- Marilyn Ringstaff
>> <marilyn.ringstaff@medispecialty.com> wrote:
>> > The Wall Street Journal
>> > Copyright (c) 2002, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
>> >
>> > Thursday, September 5, 2002
>> >
>> > New at the Mall: One-Hour Fetus Photo
>> > ---
>> > Moms Love New High-Tech Ultrasounds, but Doctors
>> > Fear Overuse
>> > By Amy Dockser Marcus
>> >
>> > NATALIE SHARP HAD an ultrasound in her 20th week of
>> > pregnancy, but the
>> > technician at her doctor's office wasn't able to
>> > tell her the sex of the
>> > baby. So she went to the mall and found out.
>> >
>> > At the Fetal Fotos Inc. studio in Salt Lake City,
>> > the 28-year-old got
>> > two ultrasound sessions for $120 and discovered she
>> > was having a girl.
>> > She also walked away with portraits of the baby's
>> > face to send to her
>> > family and a keepsake video -- set to a lullaby --
>> > of the baby moving..
>> > .Meanwhile, fetal-portrait studios are booming.
>> > Fetal Fotos, founded
>> > in 1994 in Salt Lake City, now operates five such
>> > stores around the
>> > country, and is opening more during coming months in
>> > Dallas; Scottsdale,
>> > Ariz.; Denver; Portland, Ore.; and Ontario, Calif.
>> > Typically, they
>> > offer framed pics and videos. One studio, Before
>> > the Stork, in
>> > Bloomington, Ind., offers a trimester package (three
>> > visits for $170)
>> > and a $325 "watch my development" package (six
>> > portrait sessions, plus a
>> > stuffed animal and a picture frame). Many women
>> > send videos to
>> > grandparents who live far away or screen the tapes
>> > at baby showers.. .
>> >
>>
>> =====
>> David J. Berck, MD, MPH
>>
>> http://finance.yahoo.com
>>
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