Should You Get Tested for the Breast Cancer Genes? Do you have a family or personal history of breast cancer? If so, it's important to learn if and when you should get gene testing ByHouse Call Doctor Sanaz Majd Molecular model of breast cancer type 1 susceptibility (BRCA1) protein. Pas...
Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2—the so-called “breast cancer genes”—has become more mainstream. But, confusion still surrounds who should get tested, what the results really mean and what happens if you test positive. While Angelina Jolie’s high-profile preventive mastectomy a decade ...
Opinion. Shares the experience of the author as she evaluates the need to subject herself to genetic testing for breast cancer. Death of mother with the disease; Drawbacks and limited benefits of genetic ...
If you are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, your application may be postponed for months to years before you can be approved for term life insurance coverage. However, you can still purchase guaranteed issue life insurance. It will be very difficult to find term life insurance options for St...
Mother to baby during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding WHY SHOULD I GET TESTED? Getting tested for HIV and other STDs is an essential part of being a sexual being. It keeps you in firm control of your sexual health. Also, since the early stages of HIV have very few symptoms, it’s...
WebMD provides a guide of the screening tests adults need -- and when -- for diseases such as breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and diabetes.
For women, your 40s is the age range when doctors recommendstarting mammogramsorother examstoscreen for breast cancer, for those at average risk. The latest draft guidance from the USPSTF saysbreast cancer screeningsfor women at average risk should be done every other year starting at ...
Chlamydia: The Most Successful STD in America ByHelen Massy Early treatment can clear it up in about a week, but you need to know you have it first. STDs/STIs When to Get Tested for Chlamydia ByErin Coleman STDs/STIs Oral Chlamydia: The Invisible STI Hiding In Plain View ...
Bowel Cancer It is very easy to get tested for bowel cancer. In fact, in most countries, you don’t even have to turn up to the doctors anymore. You canrequest an at-home testing kit, which will be sent through the post. You then carry out your own test and inform the doctor if...
byWiley A new study has found that when parents get tested for breast cancer genes, many of them share their results with their children, even with those who are very young. Published early online inCANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed that...