Doctors have long known that lead exposure during pregnancy poses significant health risks for both mothers and newborns, but ...

Universal screening is not mandated in New Jersey or nationwide. That needs to change, according to health experts at Rutgers ...

The screening gives providers a chance to intervene early in the pregnancy to treat the mother's substance abuse.

Health care providers offered screening to persons before pregnancy or early in pregnancy. The results obtained from testing at least 1281 genes were provided to the reproductive couples.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends early screening for syphilis infection in all pregnant women ...

The actor posed for a photo shoot covered in black paint and cradling her baby bump, which she uploaded to Instagram.

Having genetic insights earlier in the pregnancy may help expectant parents determine if they want to pursue diagnostic testing, find certain types of care and specialists, plan for the best place to ...

Myriad Genetics (MYGN) announced that the Prequel Prenatal Screen is now available at eight weeks into pregnancy. Enabled by its AMPLIFY technology, Prequel is the first and only prenatal cell-free ...

The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening asymptomatic pregnant persons for syphilis infection has a substantial net benefit. (HealthDay News) — The US Preventive Services Task ...

This may account for some but not all cases. Another factor may be the rising use of prenatal genetic screening tests in ...