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The heel-stick procedure, a routine screening test for several metabolic and genetic disorders in newborns, is not effective in screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of ...

DALLAS – May 4, 2010 – A national study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center neonatologist and pediatric infectious diseases specialist suggests that a screening test routinely performed in ...

Babies tested for jaundice at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center now have a new non-invasive method to replace the long-used but painful "heel stick" blood test that can set infants howling. St.

A routine screening test for several metabolic and genetic disorders in newborns, the heel-stick procedure, is not effective in screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of ...