Dear Doctors: After my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, she learned that she has a BRCA gene, and that it put her at risk of getting it. Now she’s urging all of her girlfriends to get ...

MEDICAL ALERT. IT’S A CONDITION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BUT DON’T KNOW IT. HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. IT’S THE MOST COMMON GENETIC HEART CONDITION IN THE US, AND IT CAN BE DEADLY. IT’S OFTEN CALLED A ...

A nine-month-old boy isn't rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling as he should be. One step his doctor won't likely take right away: have him evaluated by a genetics specialist. Almost three ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Not too long ago, knowing the organ where a cancer first takes hold was generally all a doctor needed to determine what treatments to use. Not anymore. Advances in understanding ...

Don’t ever underestimate the power of DNA on your beating heart, as it can be the root cause of heart failure. Dr. Travis Hinson, a cardiologist at UConn School of Medicine is trying to fix that.