Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cox's case has made national headlines, and it's also raised a lot of questions about trisomy 18, a condition that's often feared ...

A recent study shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13. A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy ...

The objective of this study was to investigate whether women who screened positive for both trisomy 18 (T18) and trisomy 21 (T21) yet had euploid karyotypes were at increased risk for adverse ...

After Kate Cox learned her fetus had Trisomy 18, a genetic disorder that almost always results in miscarriage or stillbirth, the Dallas-area mother of two realized: “It isn’t a matter of if I will ...

WAYNE - No one was going to change Robin Thompson's mind. She had been informed about the risks, the dangers, the possibilities. The 19-week ultrasound indicated that her unborn daughter had markers ...

Bella is the youngest of the seven Santorum children. It was noticed at birth that she was “different” and at five days of age, Santorum and his wife Karen were given the diagnosis of Trisomy 18. They ...

“Is she in pain?” I asked quietly as the pearlescent baby-shaped image on the screen folded its legs and then extended them. Something was very wrong with our baby. A few hours later, I lay on a ...

Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the Republican presidential race Tuesday once again drew attention to the rare genetic condition of his 3-year-old daughter, Bella. As the former U.S. senator from ...

A noninvasive blood test for fetal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) reliably detects Down's syndrome (trisomy 21) and other genetic fetal abnormalities in the first trimester with fewer false-positives than ...

Trisomy 18 is a fatal chromosomal condition that can be detected during pregnancy. It's also at the center of a new legal case in Texas, where a mom of two, Kate Cox, is seeking an abortion after ...