Kickin’ Cancer! Behind the Scenes: Genetic Counseling with Charité Ricker
Thank you for watching ECJ’s weekly video countdown to the Kickin’ Cancer! 5K Walk/Run on Sunday, September 19th. This video features Charité Ricker, a genetics counselor at USC Norris, and Margie Pabigian, breast cancer survivor. To register for Kickin’ Cancer!, please visit: www.kickincancer.com.
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FDA Weighs Pros, Cons of Home Genetic Testing
FDA Weighs Pros, Cons of Home Genetic Testing
TUESDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began a two-day hearing Tuesday to weigh the risks and benefits of those increasingly popular direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
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Genetic testing helps cancer patients forgo chemotherapy
Genetic testing helps cancer patients forgo chemotherapy
When Anne Grofvert had surgery to remove a malignant lump from her breast, she never imagined she might not have to undergo chemotherapy.
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Categories: Breast Cancer Treatment Tags: cancer, Chemotherapy, Forgo, Genetic, Helps, Patients, testing
PGxHealth presents results from studies using FAMILION genetic testing at 2010 AHA
PGxHealth presents results from studies using FAMILION genetic testing at 2010 AHA
Clinical Data, Inc., today announced that results of studies using its FAMILION® genetic testing were presented at the 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) meeting. PGxHealth, a division of Clinical Data, together with its collaborators, presented results from the largest, most comprehensive studies of genetic variation associated with certain cardiac conditions that were revealed using …
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Major Gains in Physician Use of Genetic Tests Reported in New Study
Major Gains in Physician Use of Genetic Tests Reported in New Study
While the vast majority of physicians recognize the contribution of genetic tests for improving medication response by guiding the prescribing and dosing of many widely-used medications, most doctors don’t feel they know enough about these tests to put them into practice.  However, new data from the Medco Research Institute⢠— a research subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. — shows …
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