How Screening Tests Can Help with Family Planning

Jun 22nd, 2021 | LifeLabs Genetics
When planning for a family, you may want to take a screening test. In the New York Times article, "Everything You Need to Know About Blood Tests During Pregnancy" doctors recommend pregnant women get certain blood tests to reveal information on the health of their baby. Two of these tests are ...
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1% of Couples at Risk of Having Child with Severe Genetic Condition

Mar 30th, 2021 | LifeLabs Genetics
According to a recent paper published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, one out of every 100 European couples is at risk of having a child affected with an autosomal-recessive (AR) genetic condition. Genes are passed on from parent to child therefore we have two copies of each gene. ...
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Hearing loss and Deafness

Nov 26th, 2019 | LifeLabs
Nearly 1 out of every 4 adult Canadians reports having some degree of hearing loss, although close to 10% of people actually identify as culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing.1 Approximately 4 in 1, 000 Canadian babies are born with some degree of hearing loss or will ...
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