Women’s opinion on the maternal serum screening programme offered at one maternity unit in East Northumberland (1991–1992) was evaluated. The responses from 1,774/2,633 women showed a general ...

The biomarker test looks for two specific proteins in the blood and uses their ratio to determine preterm birth risk. When ...

Maternal serum screening (MSS) is a blood test that is frequently used to screen for open neural tube defects, Down syndrome, and trisomy 18. Although physicians typically suggest MSS to pregnant ...

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is improving culturally appropriate care and changing maternal screening practices in its commitment to health equity, according to an April 15 news release. In ...

Prevention, screening, and vaccination are vital for managing infection risk during pregnancy due to altered maternal immunity.

A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing ...

Globally, NIPT is seeing increasing uptake across hospitals and diagnostic laboratories as demand for safer, early fetal screening rise and prenatal care pathways continue to evolve globally helping ...

A massive effort to test pregnant women for a deadly germ they can spread to their babies has yielded a bad surprise — a high rate of wrong test results that led some infants to miss out on treatment.

Nurse training has been a critical element of an ongoing initiative to improve the screening of new mothers for mood disorders. A postpartum depression screening, education, and referral program at ...

Integrating routine psychological health screening and treatment during and after pregnancy may reduce the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and improve maternal cardiovascular health, according to a ...