Planning a pregnancy Find out why carrier screening could be an essential step before you conceive Read ahead to know when ...

Screening for thalassemia in pregnant women improves the quality of care for both the mother and the fetus by early detection ...

Looking for CMV during pregnancy Screening for rubella, HIV and syphilis is routine for early prenatal care in the U.S. Counseling to avoid kitty litter to prevent toxoplasmosis is also common.

Quadruple marker screening (quad screen) is performed in the second trimester between 15 to 22 weeks gestation. 3 This prenatal screening uses beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG), alpha ...

Pregnancy is a long time, but it also has very rapid changes from week to week, so it'll be important to identify at what point does the early screening benefit wear off, if at all, or if ...

Regular screening for blood pressure throughout pregnancy can help because it will give health care providers more opportunities to intervene with treatments that can can help reduce health risks ...

A new study found pregnancy-specific anxiety is associated with shorter gestation times and earlier births, and that screening during the first and third trimesters could help reduce early births ...