February 2021 Update In light of National Donor Day, we checked in on My Gene Counsel’s Meagan Farmer, her husband Brantley, and their brother-in-law, Greg. You can read their original interview down below, which tells the story of Brantley’s kidney...
Here is what three of the top cardiovascular genetic counselors would like you to know about inherited cardiovascular disease: Brittney Murray, MS, CGCCardiovascular Genetic Counselor at Johns Hopkins University Sudden cardiac death can be the first symptom in...
The things you do every day CAN make a difference when it comes to cancer prevention. It all comes down to making healthy choices and avoiding things that are known to cause cancer. Consider these tips to reduce your risk: 1. Screen Certain health screening tests can...
This is part of a series of articles written to highlight rare hereditary cancer syndromes. In this interview, Heather shares her story of living with Cowden syndrome. Genetic Counseling Note: People who have a mutation (also known as a pathogenic variant) in the PTEN...
Spina bifida means “split” or “open” spine in Latin. It is a birth defect in which a fetus’s spine does not form correctly during pregnancy. The spinal cord normally ‘zips’ closed early in pregnancy. If it fails to close...
I’m Joseph Nimeh, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical. I’m a pediatrician, but I have absolutely no affiliation with any drug company and certainly not with one that is marketing this vaccine. Nor do I have any other...
