October 30, 2007

The fallout from newborn screening

What could possibly be wrong with screening newborns for congenital health problems?

The same things that can go wrong with any screening progams: false positives, lack of followup, etc.

A Wall Street Journal story today does a good job explaining the unintended impact of recent widespread newborn screening programs.

Posted by schwitz at October 30, 2007 09:28 AM | TrackBack
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