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COMMERCIAL ULTRASOUND PORTRAIT STUDIOS

These stores are typically found in shopping malls and strip centers and offer pregnant mothers pictures of their unborn babies for a fee. The problem is the people administering the ultrasound test to create the photographs of the unborn are NOT trained medical specialists! What too many pregnant mothers may not realize is the test could possibly harm the unborn child because of the sound waves being used to penetrate a pregnant mother's body to create the pictures!

The U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) regulates ultrasound equipment but does not regulate who uses the equipment! Doctors complain this is an accident waiting to happen with potential harmful consequences!

There is no absolutely safe ultrasound test so consumers should beware of any and all claims made by ultrasound portrait studio personnel as well as the advertisements being disseminated for these type stores.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: CBS-TV NEWS 11/4/04

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