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Infertility is a common problem for women ages 15 to 49. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that about one in five (19%) are unable to conceive after one year of trying. To ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Scientists have developed a new way to use information from your genes or proteins to help doctors diagnose or treat diseases. This method, known as biomarker testing, has the ...

Lisa Selan of Cumberland County believed her colorectal cancer was caught early and her subsequent surgery and chemo would soon return her to good health. But after it became clear she wasn’t ...

Insurance covers some genetic tests, such as BRCA tests for breast cancer, if you meet certain requirements. Find Cheap Health Insurance Quotes in Your Area But there are about 70,000 different ...

When Carla Prothro found out she had cancerous growths in both lungs, her doctors thought it had metastasized, or traveled, from somewhere else in her body. Prothro's treatment would have been based ...

ATLANTA — A new law could help cancer patients save thousands of dollars. The law would require health insurers to cover biomarker testing. Jaymie Knox knows firsthand how impactful biomarker testing ...