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...delivery rooms across the country, a new ritual is taking place right alongside the practice of cutting the umbilical cord. Nurses and doctors are also taking a drop of blood with a quick prick of the newborn's heel, then testing the sample for an array of genetic and metabolic diseases. (Read "What Can Genetic Tests Tell...
...American College of Medical Genetics recommended uniform and broader screening for the entire catalog of conditions, including amino acid deficiencies, oxidative disorders and blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia. The March of Dimes and the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed that recommendation, and lobbied states to legislate mandatory newborn screenings. That same year, a March of Dimes survey found that only 38% of babies were getting sufficiently screened, with at least 21 of the 29 available tests. "These are rare conditions, but they can be devastating and catastrophic if not detected," says Dr. Jennifer Howse, president of the March...
...fifth finance chief and third Prime Minister in two years). Japan's parliament, the Diet, has for the past several weeks been debating legislation surrounding a supplementary budget package that includes a controversial $21.7 billion handout to the Japanese public aimed at boosting consumer spending. But DPJ politicians - smelling blood in anticipation of general elections, which must be held by September but could come before then - might choose to take advantage of Aso's weakness by blocking passage of additional stimulus measures, no matter how pressing the need, says Credit Suisse chief economist Hiromichi Shirakawa. DPJ politicians "can now argue...
...Republicans drawing blood from Obama make a better story for the press, but there should be no question that Obama won the first round in his presidential confrontation with the Grand Old Party...
With Harvard in dire straits, the Wildcats smelled blood...