Tag: screening

Screening Pregnant Women for Substance Use: Key Insights

Feb 13, 2025

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GuidaBrown

in Diagnosis, treatment, Umbilical Cord Testing

“You don’t want to go on a date with me, do you?” There’s no good way to answer this question. If I do want to go on a date, I’m actually disagreeing with the person asking me. If I don’t, well, you know…saying “You’re correct. I don’t,” is hard. I refer to this as the…
Knowledge Is Power, and More Is Readily Available through Neonate Screening for Drugs of Abuse

Dec 1, 2023

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GuidaBrown

in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS/FASD), Neonates, Testing

Every single baby born in the US is required to be screened for phenylketonuria (PKU), which is “a rare condition in which a baby is born without the ability to properly break down an amino acid called phenylalanine” (Medline). Annually in the US, 1 in every 10,000 to 15,000 babies born is diagnosed with PKU…