A woman with Down's syndrome has lost her appeal over a law ... Abortion care provider BPAS said the case "was a full-frontal attack on pregnant women's rights". Under current legislation for ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant ...

one in every 691 pregnancies results in a baby born with Down syndrome. This number has been fairly consistent over the last several decades. Pregnant woman touching her belly | Image from Pexels Down ...

The risk of chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down Syndrome, does increase with maternal age ... Exercise is beneficial for most pregnant women, including those over 35. Regular, moderate exercise ...

Genetic disorders—Down Syndrome, Trisomy 18 and others ... accurately detect serious genetic conditions earlier in pregnancy allows women and their partners to make difficult decisions about ...

Abortion is not a process that any woman wants to endure ... she believes there's pressure on mums of Down's Syndrome babies to terminate the pregnancy and, as a mum of a child with Down's ...

On World Contraception Day, a medical expert highlights why women should continue using contraception until they are certain ...

Biological clock refers to the natural timeline of fertility in women Read on to understand biological clock and the right ...

If you or someone you know has diabetes, you’ve likely heard of metformin, a drug that’s primarily prescribed to support ...

THE HSE have issued an urgent “don’t delay” alert to recommended groups that can avail of free winter vaccines. Health bosses ...

A woman with Down's syndrome has lost her High Court challenge ... some conditions would only be found late in a pregnancy, after 24 weeks. The judges concluded the legislation was a matter ...