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 ...

Why do two people with the same cancer diagnosis—the same stage, the same cell type, and the same clinical profile—often have ...

KJ Muldoon wasn’t supposed to make it to his first birthday. He was born in August 2024 with carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a genetic disorder that afflicts about 1 in 1.3 million ...

An artificial intelligence tool correctly answered 83 percent of common genetic counseling questions, including those about genetic testing and genetic syndromes, a new study found. Presented at the ...

I treated a 42-year-old woman with metastatic ovarian cancer. She chose not to reveal it to anyone, including her family. Should her 26-year-old younger sister have been informed, given she might have ...

When Jessica Lipschutz spoke on the connection between cancer and genetics at Wilton Library last Tuesday, Dec. 2, the first thing she said might be surprising to some. “The vast majority of breast ...

Genetic tests for Alzheimer’s can detect specific genes linked to the disease. In most cases, they can’t definitively confirm or predict a diagnosis, but they can provide insight into your relative ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Kelli Stanley remembers the phone call as nothing short of an answered prayer. For nearly a ...

When Cayden Chambers was born seven weeks premature in July of 2022, his parents, Mairin Jameson and Trystan Chambers, expected minor challenges related to his early arrival and kidney issues. What ...