What Doctors Don't Tell YouThere is nothing worse than a child born with Down's syndrome. Or so medicine teaches us. ... ...
Antenatal ultrasound is widely used to detect major fetal abnormalities such as anencephaly. However, a recent editorial (BMJ,1997; 314: 918) questions its use in detecting less straightforward pr ...
Neither healthy women in labour nor their babies derive any benefit from electronic fetal monitor (EFM) on admission to hospital. ...
Using second trimester ultrasound to detect Down's syndrome fetuses results in more fetal losses due to amniocentesis than cases of Down's detected, according to a new meta analysis. ...
The newest type of ultrasound scan the nuchal translucency scan is not much more accurate than a normal scan for detecting Downs' syndrome. For the last few years, women have been promised that th ...
New findings support the belief that ultrasound has the capacity to damage unborn babies (BMJ, 17 July 1993). ...
Q:When did research first point out the dangers of x-rays during pregnancy and links with leukemia? ...
In mid July, some sobering news emerged about ultrasound scanning. According to a Norwegian study of 2,000 babies performed by the National Centre for Foetal Medicine in Trondheim, those subject ...
Doctors are resorting to many tests during pregnancy and labour which they have no faith in just to avoid lawsuits. ...
