By Mayo Clinic Staff. The quad screen â also known as the quadruple marker test, the second trimester screen or simply the quad test â is a prenatal test that measures levels of four substances in a pregnant woman's blood: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a protein made by the developing baby.
Georgia Engel who played Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Georgia Engel was born in Washington, D. C. in July 1948. She is best known for playing the role of Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She is also known more recently for playing Pat Macdougall on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Todayâs News. Mary Tyler Moore Actor Richard Schaal Dies at 86. Richard Schaal, who appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-offs Rhoda and Phyllis, has died at the age of 86, The Los Angeles Times reports. According to his daughter Wendy, the actor passed away at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement home in Woodland Hills on Tuesday.