I walk into the consultation room to find my patient with tears falling down her flushed cheeks as she tries to keep from audibly sobbing. Her husband holds her hand and avoids eye contact, looking scared and helpless. She is five months pregnant and just had an ultrasound appointment. They expected it to be filled with joy and to leave with cute ultrasound pictures, but instead they’re filled with fear and despair.
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The webinar will provide an overview of Alzheimer's disease and the role genetics plays in disease risk and also how genetic testing for Alzheimer's differs from other types of genetic testing.
Approximately 7 million ancestry tests have been ordered by curious consumers, most of those in the past few years. That’s a lot of DNA!. While these results have the potential to empower people with information they can then use to make changes or decisions, they can also raise questions. Where do you turn for answers?
A Genetic Counselor Guides You Through Your Testing Options
More than 1 in every 100 people has a genetic predisposition to a hereditary type of heart disease. The following webinar is presented by Amy Sturm, CGC LGC. During the webinar, Amy discusses the most common types of hereditary heart diseases
This episode of the Genetic Counselor and You podcast series discusses who genetic counselors are, why you might see one, what genetic counselors do and don't do, and the benefits of integrating a genetic counselor into your healthcare team.
When Taylor Muhl was born, her mother was told that her baby’s two-toned skin was a birthmark. Now at 33 years old, Muhl, a musician and model, understands her two-toned skin is actually a result of a genetic condition called chimerism, which causes an individual to have two genomes, or sets of DNA.
Jason Flanagan, MS, CGC and Tiffany Von Wald, MD presented the following webinar on fertility preservation on October 24, 2018 as part of the National Society of Genetic Counselors consumer webinar series.
El Mes de la Herencia Hispana nos recuerda que una sola palabra – Hispano – puede usarse para unificar a un grupo de personas, pero no puede describir los varios caminos que anduvieron los ancestros
Hispanic Heritage Month reminds us that although one word – Hispanic – can be used to unite individuals, the word cannot describe the multiple paths trodden by the ancestors of those who identify as Hispanic today.