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The human cost of screening for Down's - The Guardian 28th October 2009
"We must provide better information about Down's syndrome to help inform the traumatic decisions behind the statistics"
Belinda Benton: I had healthy baby despite Down's syndrome risk - Daily Telegraph 27th October 2009
"When she had a first scan 12 weeks into her pregnancy, 38-year-old Belinda Benton knew that as an older mother, she already had an increased risk of having a Down's syndrome child. "
The Fergusons: living with Down's syndrome - Daily Telegraph 27th October 2009
"When Sheila Ferguson became pregnant with her daughter Claire at the age of 39, she knew there was a risk of Down's sydrome but opted to avoid screening to detect it. "
Steep rise in Down's syndrome pregnancies - The Guardian 27th October 2009
"Number of Down's pregnancies rise as women have children later but rise in terminations means fewer born with condition"
The upside of Down's syndrome - The Guardian 27th October 2009
"I support the right to choose not to have a child with a disability, but I'm so glad I have Alex. And there are thousands like him"
Delayed motherhood behind increase in Down's syndrome babies, research says - The Guardian 27th October 2009
"Study shows 1,843 diagnoses of syndrome in England and Wales in 2007-2008 compared with 1,075 in 1989-1990"
Doctor calls for mothers to 'opt in' to Down's Syndrome test - Daily Mail 28th October 2009
"A top doctor has called for pregnant women to be given more counselling before their baby is tested for Down's Syndrome.
Robert Llewellyn, a consultant obstetrician, said mothers should be offered information about the condition before deciding whether to 'opt in' to screening tests. "
Steep rise in Down's pregnancies - BBC Health News 27th October 2009
"The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has risen by more than 70% over the last 20 years, University of London researchers say.
The sharp rise reflects the growing number of older women becoming pregnant, when there is a higher risk."
Increasing number of women being diagnosed with Down's syndrome babies - Daily Telegraph 27th October 2009
"The increasing number of women being diagnosed with Down's syndrome babies comes as a result of improvements in screening and delayed motherhood, doctors have said. "
Older mothers 'behind Down's rise' - The Guardian 27th October 2009
"The number of babies diagnosed with Down's syndrome has risen sharply in the last 20 years - largely due to women delaying motherhood, research shows.
Increasing numbers of older mothers is behind a 71% rise in the number of babies with the condition - from 1,075 diagnoses in 1989/90 to 1,843 in 2007/8."
Big increase in number of Down's pregnancies - The Independent 27th October 2009
"Rising numbers of women choosing to have children later in life have led to a sharp increase in Down's syndrome pregnancies, research has revealed.
The number of Down's babies conceived has soared by 71 per cent in the last 20 years, as more women delay starting a family until their late thirties or early forties, figures out today show. But improvements in pre-natal screening mean that more of the affected pregnancies are being detected earlier, and most now end in terminations."
Actually, having a child with Down’s syndrome is no big deal - The Times 27th October 2009
"Lord, it seems that we are in the middle of a veritable plague of Down’s syndrome.
Despite 92 per cent of women who know they are pregnant with a Down’s syndrome child choosing to terminate, we can do better. It seems that 30 per cent of women aren’t being tested. Why not? Something must be done! "
Three babies aborted every day due to Down's syndrome - Daily Telegraph 26th October 2009
"Three babies are being aborted every day due to Down's syndrome, according to a study which shows the number of terminations has more than trebled in the last 20 years. "
Down's Syndrome cases soar as women delay a family - Daily Mail 27th October 2009
"Women who delay motherhood have led to a sharp rise in the number of babies diagnosed with Down's Syndrome over the past 20 years.\n\nRecords show a 71 per cent increase in cases detected in the womb - up from 1,075 in 1989/90 to 1,843 in 2007/8. "
Egg screening 'ups IVF success' - BBC Health News 19th October 2009
"A screening technique can double the chance of IVF success, giving hope to tens of thousands of women struggling to have children, say experts.
Doctors at an annual US fertility meeting heard for the second year running of the merits of a test that screens embryos for genetic faults. "
Screening test ‘doubles the chance of pregnancy for women on IVF’ - The Times 19th October 2009
"A genetic-screening test could more than double the chances of pregnancy for women who undergo fertility treatment, a study suggests.
The first trial of its kind has found that two out of three women having in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) became pregnant if their embryos were checked for abnormalities before being implanted in the womb, compared with less than a third where the test was not used."
Test screens all 24 types of human chromosome - but it's only a start - The Sunday Times 18th October 2009
"It is heartbreaking for infertile couples and frustrating for doctors when IVF treatment fails or ends in miscarriage, not least because the reason for many such failures is well understood.
In between half and three quarters of cases, the cause is an embryo with abnormal chromosomes, flaws that cannot be spotted under the microscope. Instead, we need to take cells from developing embryos and analyse their chromosomes — the structures that hold our genes. "
New IVF hope for women struggling to have children - Daily Telegraph 19th October 2009
"Tens of thousands of women who are struggling to have children will be given hope by a new technique which can double the chance of IVF success."
IVF test trebles chance of having a baby and removes Down's risk, say scientists - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"British scientists have made a dramatic IVF breakthrough which could bring hope to thousands of women.\n\nThey have developed an embryo screening technique which makes it far more likely a woman will give birth. "
Down's dementia risk 'overlooked' - BBC Health News 4th October 2009
"Not enough is being done to support the growing number of people with Down's syndrome who have dementia, say campaigners.
As many as 50% of all people with Down's in their 50s may now have Alzheimer's disease, as they often get the condition much earlier than others. "
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