What Doctors Don't Tell YouUltrasound scans can predict Down’s syndrome. A nuchal scan measures the depth of the dark fluid-filled space at the back of the baby’s neck at 10-13 weeks of pregnancy. If the space is thicker than usual, your baby may be at risk of Down’s.
The biggest risk you may face of having a deformed or retarded child could be when taking the prenatal diagnostic tests themselves. ... ...
* Avoid Doppler, particularly the duplex variety for detecting the baby’s heartbeat and pulse; the ‘Doptone’ fetal-pulse detector is a commonly used handheld device. The B-mode has a higher safety margin
Last autumn Michelle Huberman, who gave birth to a daughter with Down's syndrome, initiated a £1m lawsuit against her doctor, obstetrician Yehudi Gordon, for allegedly failing to provide her wit ...
Children with Down's syndrome have low levels of zinc, according to a recent study. ...
What if Down's syndrome is treatable? What if Down's children weren't born retarded but simply had a learning disability and metabolic disorder that could be corrected? ...
Why do American blacks have fewer Down's syndrome births than any other racial group? And why should Hispanics fare the worst, with 11.8 Down's syndrome babies out of every 10,000 births? ...
Medicine persists in characterizing Down's syndrome as more prevalent among older mothers a result of "tired eggs". However, in one study in Copenhagen, of 1086 pregnant women given amniocentesis, ...
Down's syndrome in babies may be caused by the mothers' exposure to radiation, a major German study has discovered. ...
DOWN'S SYNDROME: It's not the age of the mother that counts after all
