Aug. 13, 2018 A Difficult Conundrum: Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease Do I really want to know? This is one of the most important questions people ask themselves before genetic testing. And this conundrum is more relevant for conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.
Sept. 14, 2018 Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: A New Genetic Screening Tool for Use by Pregnant Women Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), one of the newest additions in genomic testing, is a simple blood test that can tell a lot about a baby’s likelihood of having certain genetic conditions.
Oct. 2, 2018 Danger in the Dust: Valley Fever Coccidioidomycosis, or “cocci” for short, is the medical term for Valley fever, an infectious disease that affects thousands of people in Arizona every year.
Oct. 16, 2018 Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Genetic Testing In 2013, Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie wrote a now famous opinion piece for the New York Times detailing her journey involving genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer.
Nov. 6, 2018 Expanding Roles for Genetic Counselors in the Era of Precision Medicine As physicians begin to order an increasing number of genetic tests, a question remains: who can help patients, and sometimes providers, interpret genetic information?
Jan. 14, 2020 Why Is Our Spit Important Most people don’t think about saliva. But imagine your life without it.
May 2, 2022 Nurse Scientist on Advances in Stroke Research Helena Morrison, PhD, RN, discusses her passion for studying the brain and her current research on stroke therapies.