Doctors recommend some prenatal tests for all pregnant people and other screening tests only if the baby is at risk for certain genetic problems. Is prenatal testing covered by insurance?

To reduce the risk of genetic disorders, prospective parents can benefit from a three-stage approach: pre-conception screening, prenatal screening, and newborn screening. High-throughput genetic ...

To the extent that prenatal care includes population screening for conditions that may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, it is a domain of clinical care in which evidence-based algorithms for ...

An evaluation may include: Assessment of family history and genetic risk factors Screening for chromosomal abnormalities including non-invasive or cell-free prenatal DNA screening that screens for ...

Dr. Michael Greene is the Chief of Obstetrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Stephen Morrissey ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. With regard to the clinical implementation of NIPD, three scenarios are possible: NIPD might replace current prenatal screening tests or ...

But, in recent years, studies have been done to assess the benefits of the test when used as a prenatal screening tool. Although the test isn’t a one-size-fits-all screening solution ...

New guidelines were approved Feb. 18 to expand the number of certified medical institutions that can provide prenatal genetic screening to detect chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses. Non-invasive ...

To examine whether the frequency of four screening tests during prenatal care conforms to evidence of effectiveness. We estimated rates of urine culture, anemia screening, oral glucose tolerance ...