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Women’s Health and Primary Care professionals are being asked to see more patients with less time and fewer resources. Trusted medical information often already exists but finding it quickly is a challenge, while the ever-increasing virtual mountain of new data makes it even harder to separate the ‘signal’ from the ‘noise’. We created The ObG Project to be that resource, which can provide the information you need, quickly and easily accessible and now as podcasts with ObG GrandRounds Live, OBG CORExchange, and OBG Curbside.

  1. 03/30/2022

    New ACMG Guidelines for Prenatal and Preconception Carrier Screening – Key Highlights with Tamar Goldwaser

    Today we feature Tamar Goldwaser and the New ACMG Guidelines for Prenatal and Preconception Carrier Screening. Genetic testing is expensive! Until now it has been reserved for a few populations that are known to be at higher risk. But we have missed many carriers this way. Many families continue to be unprepared for the news that their child has a severe inherited genetic condition that was passed on from the parents.  What about everyone else? The time is now! With advanced technology making testing for hundreds of genes all at once, faster and cheaper, we can finally envision a reality where all patients can be tested before they start to build a family. If a couple finds out that they are carriers, they can use this information to take advantage of various reproductive options.  This is genetic testing for all! This is one step towards equity in reproductive medicine. I am proud to be an author on a Practice Resource published by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) entitled “Screening for autosomal recessive and X-linked conditions during pregnancy and preconception,” which recommends a uniform set of conditions for carrier screening panels for all individuals, regardless of ethnicity, race or population. It is my hope that this leads to increased awareness, familiarity and clarity among doctors and genetics professionals and also puts pressure on insurance companies to cover testing.

    51 min

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Women’s Health and Primary Care professionals are being asked to see more patients with less time and fewer resources. Trusted medical information often already exists but finding it quickly is a challenge, while the ever-increasing virtual mountain of new data makes it even harder to separate the ‘signal’ from the ‘noise’. We created The ObG Project to be that resource, which can provide the information you need, quickly and easily accessible and now as podcasts with ObG GrandRounds Live, OBG CORExchange, and OBG Curbside.