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Study touts early Down syndrome tests

By Carey Goldberg
Globe Staff / November 10, 2005

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Bulletin for mothers-to-be: A new study of nearly 40,000 pregnant women found that the best time to screen a fetus for Down syndrome is at 11 weeks into a pregnancy, rather than in the second trimester. (Full article: 661 words)

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