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
I Am Glad to Know: The Importance of Carrier Screening Through the Voice of a Carrier February 25, 2021 This Sunday, February 28th, is #RareDiseaseDay! To raise awareness and support for the rare disease community, Myriad Women’s Health partnered with Taylor Kan... 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
Patient Conversations: Help patients wrap their heads around carrier screening by grouping conditions into four categories November 7, 2018 The Foresight™ Carrier Screen includes over 175 inherited conditions. Even if you had time to discuss each condition with your patient prior to screening, doi... Continue Reading
A daughter decides to find out her cancer risk August 7, 2015 [caption id="attachment_984" align="aligncenter" width="687"] Victoria with a photo of her mother taken a few years before she died.[/caption] The strongest mem... Continue Reading