NAVIGATING YOUR BREAST AND OVARIAN HEALTH IN THE (NEVER-ENDING) ERA OF COVID March 17, 2021 It has been almost a year since most of us found ourselves in the completely unchartered territory of “sheltering in place” because of the rapid spread of C... Continue Reading
Knowledge is Power: How PKU Affected the Ahern Family December 4, 2020 December 3rd is National PKU Day. PKU, short for phenylketonuria, is an inherited genetic condition in which the body cannot properly process the amino acid ph... Continue Reading
Simplify Patient Identification November 3, 2020 Streamlining Cancer Risk Assessment with Digital Tools November is Family Health History Month and is a good time to bring awareness to the importance of collec... Continue Reading
Honoring Evan’s Memory: Raising Awareness About Tay-Sachs Disease September 22, 2020 When I gave birth to my first child, Evan, in August of 1994, my husband Jeff and I were elated. After nine long months of anticipation, we were finally bles... Continue Reading
Planning a Pregnancy in the Post-COVID-19 World June 4, 2020 “Plans are nothing, planning is everything.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower The start of the COVID-19 pandemic certainly disrupted daily life for most of the world.... Continue Reading
Re-creating Patient /Provider Interaction: Telemedicine, The Next Frontier May 28, 2020 Introducing Human Understanding a new podcast series from Myriad Women's Health. Each episode highlights real stories of providers in our communities who are m... Continue Reading
Virtual Risk Assessment and Patient Education Can Help Limit In-Person Exposure May 14, 2020 In order to adapt to the changing healthcare environment and patients’ needs, Myriad has expanded its patient education services to support patients at home.... Continue Reading
Supporting you and your patients through uncertain times May 5, 2020 Over the past several weeks, incredible efforts have been made by healthcare professionals all over the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While... Continue Reading
Our Family’s Journey with Sickle Cell Disease June 19, 2018 Q&A with Aishwarya Arjunan, MS, MPH, CGC, Clinical Product Specialist of Carrier Screening, Myriad Women's Health. June 19th is World Sickle Cell Day leadin... Continue Reading
Announcement: Counsyl to be acquired by Myriad May 29, 2018 Patients, Physicians and Counsyl Employees, The news is now public: Myriad is acquiring Counsyl, with the transaction expected to close at the end of July. We h... Continue Reading
Announcement: Counsyl and UnitedHealthCare Status May 24, 2018 Counsyl and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) have not been able to come to terms on the renewal of our network participation agreement and we anticipate that Counsyl will... Continue Reading
The Salty Babies Died Young May 18, 2018 Jamie Kostialik, MS, CGC shares her story of how her sister's diagnosis helped motivate her decision to become a genetic counselor. A Big Year What turned out t... Continue Reading
Three words that changed my life March 26, 2018 Guest post by: Allison Landa, writer, performer and advocate for early awareness of 21-OH CAH I suspected that something was seriously wrong with me. By the a... Continue Reading
Rare Disease Day Q&A with Karen Haberberg March 19, 2018 Q&A with Jamie Kostialik, MS, LCGC, Medical Science Liaison, Counsyl Every year, the last day of February is celebrated as Rare Disease Day. This is a day t... Continue Reading
Introducing the new counsyl.com March 2, 2018 We are excited to announce significant updates to our website: counsyl.com. In addition to a fresh look, we’ve made the site easier to navigate and added new ... Continue Reading