Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on pregnant women to detect the risk of a fetus having rare genetic abnormalities may often be wrong, according to recent reports. These tests, according to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning women about a screening commonly performed during pregnancy. Non-invasive prenatal screening tests carry a risk of false results, the FDA said in a ...

Genetic screening is gaining an increasingly large presence in the world of medical care. The technology is advancing rapidly, providing more and more sophisticated information about an individual’s ...

Blood sample Confirmatory diagnostic testing should be performed with a positive NIPS test result. The results from noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) tests should not be used alone to diagnose ...

Prenatal testing is important to monitor you and your baby's health, but exactly what is involved in these screenings? Here, ...

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 test ...