Personalized Medicine. 2014;11(6):593-607. A further implication of citing reproductive choice as a primary benefit of newborn screening is that it lessens the urgency of screening. If informing ...

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) identified by newborn screening showed better motor development with disease-modifying treatment than those diagnosed after symptom onset, a German cohort ...

"The benefits of newborn screening identified in the study presented here encompass not only the achievement of motor milestones, but also a reduced need for ventilator support or tube feeding and a ...

When parents are able to get ahead of pediatric health conditions, medical costs, personal stress and presence at work can ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS), a leader in delivering improved health outcomes through genomic insights, today announced that JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical ...

One of the great successes of public health in the US is the newborn screening program, which tests infants in every state for more than 30 serious but treatable congenital diseases. For the four ...

A committee of experts will conduct a study examining the current landscape of newborn screening (NBS) systems, processes, and research in the United States and consider sustainable adoption of ...

Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine screening as a preventive strategy to detect inherited disorders before symptoms emerge. Newborn screening (NBS) programs have traditionally relied on ...

Should all babies have their genomes sequenced at birth? The question has been hotly debated for the past 15 years. Unlocking the genome’s 3.2-billion-letter code promises understanding of both health ...

A more rational approach would ground screening decisions in epidemiological relevance, feasibility of treatment, and health ...

While there has been debate as to the appropriateness of screening criteria, the catalyst for much empirical research has been the principle that the test should be acceptable to the population, as ...

Findings published today in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) reveal limitations of current screening methods and showcase the promise of advanced genomic technology to deliver ...