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Study: Mom's Blood Test Can Reveal Down Syndrome

NEW YORK - Scientists in Europe report they were able to diagnose Down syndrome prenatally by giving a simple blood test to pregnant women, an approach that might one day help them avoid the more extensive procedure used now to detect the condition. The preliminary report published online Sunday in the journal Nature...

Report: Ann Pettway May Have Stolen Carlina White to Hide a Miscarriage

An FBI agent who interviewed Ann Pettway, the woman accused of stealing Carlina White from the Harlem Hospital emergency room in 1987, said Pettway admitted to the crime and "knows that she has created a lot of pain." Pettway surrendered to authorities in Connecticut on Sunday. According to reports, she went on the run...

President Bush: Mom Showed Me Miscarried Fetus in a Jar [VIDEO]

(Nov. 9) -- Of all the topics President George W. Bush covered with Matt Lauer in his first post-presidential interview, which aired on NBC last night, the one that is most surprising does not involve waterboarding, Hurricane Katrina or his battle with alcohol. No, the discussion of his mother's decision to show him the...

9/11 Aftermath: More Male Babies Miscarried

(May 24) -- The 9/11 attacks have had myriad long-term consequences for Americans across the country. But the aftermath of the 2001 tragedy took a surprising toll on pregnant women -- by causing them to miscarry a disproportionate number of male fetuses. That's the conclusion of researchers at the University of...

Background on miscarriage

Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the spontaneous end of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving independently, generally defined in humans at prior to 20 weeks of gestation.

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