Kristie McNealy, MD

Today, most pregnant women in the US undergo a series of tests to determine the risk of their baby having certain genetic abnormalities like Downs Syndrome (trisomy 21) or Edwards Syndrome (trisomy 18). Typically, these screening tests include the maternal serum quad screen, a test of the mother’s blood for levels of 4 different [...]

As individuals with Downs Syndrome have begun to live longer and healthier lives as a result of advances in their medical care, researchers have noticed that they have a significantly lower rate of certain cancers. Of specific interest, was the fact that women with Downs Syndrome are 10 to 25 times less likely to [...]