Genetics discoveries are rapidly identifying the people at greater risk for cancers and other diseases, but researchers at HealthPartners are concerned that they are happening too fast for doctors and ...
Texas Oncology in Wichita Falls now offers genetic testing to identify mutations that could increase cancer risk, which can ...
Cancer is a disease that profoundly impacts lives, often leaving individuals and families with uncertainty and fear. However, advancements in medical science now enable us to take proactive steps in ...
I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...
There is a lot of beauty to aging as well as some complications, with Alzheimer's disease being a complicated condition that affects millions worldwide and older generations in particular. With about ...
A Mayo Clinic study shows current guidelines miss most people with familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited cause of high ...
A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a new ...
A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected ...
Workflow for web-based comprehensive assessment, risk, and education program: Family history and personal history of cancer is obtained online prior to appointment and analyzed to determine if NCCN ...
Germline pathogenic variants (gPVs) occur in a subset of patients with ovarian cancer, with the highest prevalence among those with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, followed by Asian and Hispanic patients, ...
Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its chief ...
The Australian government has introduced legislation that will prevent life insurance companies from using adverse genetic ...