Genetics

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Dementia Caregivers: Ready to Make Your Brain a Promise?

  Scary new statistics about Alzheimer's disease and dementia are a wake-up call to caregivers to take better care of themselves.

• Blog Post - New Test Can Spare Breast Cancer Patients from Chemo

  The new test Oncotype DX spares many women with early stage breast cancer from chemo by revealing which cancers are low risk.

• Blog Post - Aging Smokers: Who's Going to Get Lung Cancer?

  It's a medical fact that smokers are at much greater risk for lung cancer than nonsmokers, but it's long been a mystery why some smokers remain cancer free. New research breakthroughs provide answers about lung cancer risk and diagnosis.

News

• News - Genes Boost Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus

  WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Two genes boost...

• News - Do Blacks Have Genetic Weakness to Asthma?

  SUNDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans...

• News - Parkinson's Linked to Risk of Alzheimer's

  MONDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Relatives of people...

• News - U.S. Unveils Database of Genetic, Clinical Research

  SUNDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- One of the largest...

• News - Global Gene Map Clears New Milestone

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The second phase...

• News - Brain's 'Reward Chemical' May Help Spur Obesity

  THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new study provides...

• News - Vietnam Vets Study Links Asthma and PTSD

  THURSDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A study of male...

• News - Gene Tweak Reverses Aging in Mouse Skin Cells

  THURSDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say...

• News - Common Household Chemical Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk

  THURSDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical found...

• News - Mutated Suppressor Gene Leads to a Type of Breast Cancer

  MONDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists believe...