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Tests in pregnancy
By Anne Richley, midwife on 22/04/2009 11:29:31
Could your unborn baby be affected by an illness you’re carrying? There are tests to ease your health worries.

You’ll most likely have a safe, uncomplicated pregnancy, but your unborn baby could be harmed by chlamydia, chickenpox, Group B streptococcus, diabetes, toxoplasmosis and slapped cheek disease.We look at how to know if you're at risk, what tests you

Blood tests in pregnancy
By Susan Lee on 22/04/2009 10:47:18
What blood tests can you expect during pregnancy, and what are they testing for?

Booking-in testsThese are the tests that are usually carried out at your first ‘booking in’ appointment with your midwife. Your midwife will take blood for the following tests:•    Blood group: If you need a blood transfusion during pregnancy

Test to identify premature deliveries
By Celia Morgan on 08/12/2009 15:50:21
New test singles out premature labour from false alarms

Researchers have developed a new test to recognise when the signs of premature labour are a false alarm. Of the mums-to-be who show symptoms of early delivery, less than half actually go on to have a premature birth. This can lead to unnecessary

Test to monitor biological clock
By Celia Morgan on 09/11/2009 12:25:07
DNA test to show women how long they have to start family

A DNA test to show women how many childbearing years they have left is being developed by scientists.The test can monitor the speed of a woman's biological clock to reveal how many eggs she has left and provide an early warning of declining

Pregnancy test – for under £1
By Kyrsty Hazell on 18/08/2009 14:07:00
99p store selling home pregnancy tests in West Sussex

A pregnancy test kit has gone on sale for just 99p – making it one-tenth of the cost of the average test on the high street.The controversial bargain-priced pregnancy test is being sold in the Fabulous 99s store in Crawley – which also happens

Hopes for cot death test
By Susie Boone on 12/03/2010 12:12:26
Scientists believe a simple blood test may predict cot death risk following discovery of heart defect

Could a simple blood test at birth reveal whether your newborn is at risk of cot death? It’s the hope of many scientists and parents, and came a step closer after French scientists at the University of Strasbourg announced they’d discovered a link

Cholesterol testing for children recommended
By Made For Mums on 14/09/2007 10:58:00
Children should receive a cholesterol test alongside their routine vaccinations at the age of 15 months, experts say.

The tests would identify those with an inherited cholesterol disorder, which increases the risk of heart disease. One in 500 children is affected by the genetic disorder, 'familial hypercholesterolaemia', which means that fat in the body does

Scientists work on test for autism
By Made For Mums on 14/05/2008 12:49:00
A test that can identify early signs of autism among babies could emerge from a major new study.

The research will look at around 200 infants with autistic older siblings, to seek patterns of early brain development that predict whether they will also develop the condition.At present, autism is usually diagnosed in the third year of life, but it is thought that much of the a...

Fertility tests give false hopes
By Celia Morgan on 20/10/2009 11:32:50
Tests may wrongly encourage us to delay motherhood

We shouldn't rely on high street fertility tests to judge how many childbearing years we have left, according to new research.The tests, which predict how many eggs we have left, don't take other factors in to account, such as the quality of our

New blood tests for Down's syndrome
By Made For Mums on 07/10/2008 13:59:17
Scientists say they have developed a safer blood test to tell a women if her unborn baby has Down's syndrome

A Stanford University test of DNA evidence in 18 pregnant women's blood correctly identified nine cases of Down's syndrome, reports PNAS journal. Babies with Down's syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21, causing physical and intellectual

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