The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents health insurers and employers from discriminating against a ...

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After learning that they carry a mutated version of the BRCA1 gene, their options were to undergo intensive monitoring every six months or to have preventive surgeries involving profound changes to th ...

The Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics is a supporting foundation of JUF, and is supported in part by the Michael Reese Health Trust.

Hereditary ATTR-CM can run in families. Learn who may be at risk, when genetic testing is recommended, the benefits of screening, and how to talk with relatives.

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Dear Eric: Our son, who is in college, began losing his hair in high school. It could be genetic, but this does not run in ...

Our son, who is in college, began losing his hair in high school. It could be genetic, but this does not run in the family. Although he is skinny, he eats terribly. He fills up on junk ...

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Colorectal cancer is highly preventable, and early detection saves lives. Colon Cancer Awareness Month is an ideal time for ...

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.