A brave Plymouth toddler has defied all odds after being born weighing the equivalent to 144 tea bags and her parents being told she was unlikely to survive. Little Effie-Jean Anne Duke made a ...

“Lifting the Limits for PKU” raised $350,000 at an event held Sept. 5 at the Secret Garden in Rancho Santa Fe. The event raises funds to support NPKUA (National PKU Alliance) whose mission “is to ...

In 43 states, more than 40% of baby formula was recently out of stock — and families with special dietary needs are growing desperate. Eight-year-old Izzy Bradford is a bundle of energy. But the third ...

A special diet is the main treatment for phenylketonuria. Medications are also available. Treatment and monitoring is lifelong. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited condition where the amino acid ...

In Massachusetts, just before a newborn baby is taken home from the hospital he is given a novel goodby: a doctor takes hold of him and jabs a lancet into his heel. From the resulting tiny puncture, ...