Genetic testing could provide critical health information, but it may not be right for everyone. NBC’s medical contributor Dr ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More consumers are turning to genetic testing services like 23andMe and Ancestry.com to have their DNA analyzed to learn about their family histories and health risks, but they should exercise caution ...

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 ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients. Research from Radboud University Medical Center and University Hospital Bonn (UKB ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velsera, a global healthcare technology company offering a universal software platform to connect clinical care with discovery, and Solaris Health, the nation’s leading ...