The Importance of Knowing Your Family Cancer History and Genetic Testing: Kathy Baker’s Story November 25, 2024 November is Family Health History Month, an observance dedicated to sharing crucial health information within families and encouraging individuals to take proa... Continue Reading
Breast Density and Cancer Risk: What You Should Know October 8, 2024 The latest Cancer Risk Survey: Breast Cancer Edition shows that more than half (63%) of women do not know that breast density is associated with an increased r... Continue Reading
Recognizing Red Flags for Cancer: The Importance of Early Detection April 26, 2024 Cancer often begins with subtle warning signs that are easily overlooked. Early detection is key to successful treatment and improved outcomes. Among the vario... Continue Reading
Dense Breasts, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection April 26, 2024 Boobs. The Girls. Tatas. Breasts have a lot of names and yet most people have very little understanding of them and how they work, and likely even less underst... Continue Reading
The Importance of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection April 23, 2024 Cancer. The very word is often whispered, as it strikes fear and uncertainty into people as they go about their everyday lives. Among the various types of canc... Continue Reading
AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion April 15, 2024 For any parent, learning after delivery that their baby may have a serious chromosomal condition can be heartbreaking and scary. Unfortunately, some conditions... Continue Reading
Provider Perspective: How a friend’s diagnosis inspired one doctor to do more cancer risk testing April 10, 2024 img.attachment-full.size-full.wp-post-image {display: none;} Dr. Burton Brodsky had been an OB-GYN for years when his neighbor – and one of his wife’s ... Continue Reading
Colorectal Cancer in Younger Individuals & The Importance of Hereditary Cancer Testing March 19, 2024 Colorectal cancer, once considered a disease of the elderly, is now increasingly affecting younger individuals. A study by the American Cancer Society and publ... Continue Reading
Rare Diseases: Pathways to accelerating diagnoses March 13, 2024 Many of us have seen stories in the news about American families on diagnostic odysseys for their children with rare diseases. Recently, the Today Show highlig... Continue Reading
A New Outlook: How Carrier Screening Shaped One Family’s Future February 21, 2024 When Ashley Pantier and her husband decided to start a family, they were young, healthy, and filled with a sense of joyful optimism. After she became pregnant ... Continue Reading
A love story interrupted by breast cancer February 8, 2024 You probably know a few high school sweethearts who are still together after many years. But you probably can’t name as many junior high school sweethea... Continue Reading
“An individual plan of care”: How MyRisk® with RiskScore® helps one Native American clinic January 29, 2024 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for Native American women, according to the American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICF). Further, t... Continue Reading
Holidays & Healthcare: Don’t skip that “routine” appointment December 20, 2023 Many people turn nostalgic around the holidays, thinking of seasons past. Some remember the holiday bustle – trying to get everything ready for gathering... Continue Reading
Family Health History Month November 7, 2023 Pass the Pumpkin Pie -- and Grandma’s Health History? November is Family Health History Month. The holidays are a time to gather with loved ones; ye... Continue Reading
Learn your family history and help get ahead of inherited cancer risk November 7, 2023 Did you know that if one or more of your close family members have had cancer, you may have inherited a higher risk of developing cancer, too? That’s why ... Continue Reading