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 ...

Genetic testing can identify more than a thousand genes that increase your risk for many chronic and often fatal diseases. Many people might go without the benefit of all that research, however, ...

The authors of new research led by the University of Exeter have warned that women who discover, outside of a clinical setting, that they carry a disease-causing variant in one of the BRCA genes ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

PHILADELPHIA— For some patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers like colorectal and pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening side effects in those who carry ...

As prenatal genetic testing becomes more common, experts explain what these tests can and cannot predict, how parents should ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—The Medical University of South Carolina is offering free genetic testing to help participants learn more about their genetic risk for certain cancers and heart disease. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel genetic test may provide clues to what caused a person’s sudden cardiac death. Testing can then be ...

PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Genetic testing is on the rise, but consumers who order tests without genetic counseling or purchase test kits off the Internet may put themselves at risk. Those risks can range ...