Last Updated June 15, 2022 True or false? Men don’t need genetic testing since only women can have a hereditary risk to develop cancer. Answer: FALSE. The notion that men cannot have hereditary cancer mutations that put them at increased risk to develop cancer is just...
Photo Credit: Urology Care Foundation Updated: March 5, 2019 In Part 1 of this series on hereditary kidney cancer, we introduced red flags that increase the likelihood of a hereditary predisposition to kidney cancer. In this post, we review six hereditary cancer...
If you are a cancer survivor and a candidate for genetic testing (based on your personal or family history of disease), here are the top five reasons you should consider genetic testing: Genetic testing could help you reduce your risk for developing a new cancer in...
In mid-March 2020, the United States was hit with the Covid-19 pandemic and, for many of us, the world shut down. While we were worried about washing our hands, wiping down our grocery purchases, and avoiding a deadly virus, 32-year-old Caitlin had something else on...
A woman experiencing joint and mobility issues turned to holistic medicine after feeling that her regular doctors weren’t adequately addressing her health problems. In recounting her health history to a new doctor, she also shared that she was concerned about...
