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the heel prick that reads a baby's chemistry before the baby can read anything.
means a battery of blood, hearing, and heart tests given to newborns to catch rare serious disorders before symptoms appear.
from began in 1963 when Robert Guthrie developed a simple blood test on filter paper to detect PKU, a metabolic disorder that causes irreversible brain damage if untreated but is easily managed if caught early.
timingusually done 24 to 48 hours after birth
scalescreens for up to 60 conditions depending on state or country
stakesmost disorders found are treatable if caught in time
samplejust a few drops of blood from the heel