Inspired by his mentally disabled son, Robert Guthrie, MD, PhD, became a tireless advocate for individuals with intellectual handicaps. He devoted much of his career to researching the prevention of ...

Babies get tested for many things right after they are born. The heel prick includes a test for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare birth defect that causes a certain amino acid to build up in the body. Dr.

Newborn screening tests happen so routinely in the first 24 to 48 hours after birth that many parents in their post-delivery fog don't even realize they have been done. (Gus Chan, Plain Dealer file) ...

The phenylketonuria (PKU) test is a diagnostic tool used to test infants for phenylketonuria a few days after birth. PKU is an autosomal recessive inborn error of ...

A PARENT's right to refuse medical procedures for their children has been upheld in a Supreme Court ruling yesterday. The court rejected a health board challenge after a couple refused to allow a ...

Newborn heel prick tests are routinely used to screen babies for rare health conditions, but generations of infants might have gone undiagnosed had it not been for a trail-blazing medical team and one ...

In Massachusetts, just before a newborn baby is taken home from the hospital he is given a novel goodby: a doctor takes hold of him and jabs a lancet into his heel. From the resulting tiny puncture, ...