Category: Genetic Counselor

Posted 4 years ago

Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) Genetic Testing vs. Clinical Genetic Testing – What’s the difference?

It is near impossible to turn on the TV without seeing ads from companies wanting to use your DNA to provide information about your ancestry, long lost relatives, and even certain health or personal traits. But how do these direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests differ from what your doctor or genetic counselor may order? If you want to know more about your possible inherited disease risk, why make a trip into the clinic when you can just order the test online yourself, right? Well there are some important things to consider before ordering that test.

Posted 4 years ago

Talking to kids about BRCA

  Often parents find the prospect of speaking to their children about the presence of the BRCA gene…

Posted 5 years ago

Hereditary Skin Cancer

Here’s a shocking truth: About 40 – 50% of Americans who live to the age of 65 will…

Posted 5 years ago

What is a Genetic Counselor?

This past November 12th marked the fourth annual Genetic Counselor Awareness Day. If you ask any genetic counselor…

Posted 5 years ago

Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer has quietly become the fourth leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the…