CCHD screening is a way to identify babies who ... Why Is Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening in Newborns Important? Newborn screenings are important. Because they can help identify ...

This paper presents input received from people personally and/or professionally affected by newborn screening in the United States: parents, caregivers, and patients; newborn screening professionals; ...

DNA sequencing offers an additional method to improve screening for conditions already included in newborn screening and to add those that cannot be readily screened because there is no biomarker ...

You might be more familiar with the term 'heel prick test' as it was formerly known, but the 'newborn blood spot test' is ...

Despite this, many such disorders are treatable if identified early enough. Newborn screening (NBS) is a relatively easy and cost-effective way of improving the overall health of a population by ...

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored ...

DNA analysis of newborns can detect many more preventable or treatable health problems than standard newborn screening does, ...

Newborn screening is known to be the most successful means of secondary prevention. Horst Bickel, the man who discovered the phenylketonuria (PKU) diet, pointed out at a very early stage that his ...

Genome sequencing of newborns is both feasible and acceptable for parents of a diverse newborn population, according ...

Newborn screening (NBS) is every child’s birthright, a promise of early diagnosis and intervention for conditions that are preventable. Take congenital hypothyroidism, a disease that can cause ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the current landscape of newborn screening (NBS) systems, processes, and research in the U.S. The ...