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15,000 women, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, that showed no medical benefit from routine ultrasounds. Recent studies in Europe, however, have shown that mothers who received an ultrasound bonded better with their child during and after pregnancy and had less stress while they carried the child.

"The study confirms that women want ultrasound for their normal, healthy, routine pregnancies," says Kazerooni. "However, unlike screening mammography for breast cancer, the medical benefit of screening ultrasound in routine pregnancy has not been proven. In order to promote the better use of scarce health care dollars, we are planning to study the role of education in changing patient's beliefs about screening prenatal ultrasound."

This study was conducted by researchers from the departments of radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and CHOICES (Centers for Health Outcomes, Innovations and Cost-Effectiveness Studies) at the U-M Medical Center.

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Contact: Pete Barkey
pbarkey@umich.edu
(313) 764-2220
University of Michigan
5-Dec-1997

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