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What If You Could Peek Into Your Child’s Future?

Headshot of Molly OShea, MD, FAAP.

Molly OShea, MD, FAAP

July 2024

What if you had a crystal ball and could see your child’s future? Would you want to know what was ahead? If the future was filled with images of a happy, healthy child and a young adult who enters the world confident and connected we all would choose to know. The tricky part is that the crystal ball would never show that. The reality is that parenting is a series of ups and downs. We adjust to our children and their strengths and challenges including the health issues they face. As parents we do our best to prepare for, avoid, or proactively manage the issues we can to help our kids negotiate childhood more easily.

For some families, the idea of proactive health management isn’t new, having experienced prenatal genetic testing. Many parents have had carrier testing or prenatal genetic testing (NIPS/NIPT) during pregnancy. Prenatal testing typically looks for conditions that have no treatments available, involve whole chromosomal additions/deletions (like Down syndrome), or are catastrophic and may result in death.

Nurture Genomic’s screen is different––a revolutionary approach that focuses solely on childhood-onset, actionable conditions. This means conditions that parents can DO something about to improve their child’s health outcomes. Although some overlap exists, the majority of the conditions we look for are NOT on prenatal screens.

See a comprehensive list of the conditions Nurture screens for.

What if you could look into that crystal ball and have some information about your child’s health early? Early enough that if there were an issue you could take action and reduce the burden of disease if it existed. Early enough that you could even manage some issues before your child even had symptoms of the condition they were going to face. That kind of foresight transforms parenting, offering an invaluable opportunity to enhance your child’s quality of life.

Nurture Genomic’s screen does that sort of future-casting today. For over 400 genetic conditions, parents can be armed with the knowledge about whether or not they need to take action to improve their child’s health proactively. With the support of our genetic counseling team, you have the personalized care you need to understand what the testing does and what your child’s results mean. Plus, our seamless communication with pediatricians ensures a comprehensive care plan for your child.

Embrace the future of proactive parenting with Nurture Genomics innovative genetic screening. Empower yourself with the information you need today to secure a healthier tomorrow for your child.