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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

Typically, the way to diagnose 22q prenatally is through chorionic villus sampling or an amniocentesis. 5 Clear Benefits for Healthcare Providers and Patients The benefits to a high PPV are, well, myriad. For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department. Now, the naysayers have triumphed.