When Nick Lumi found out St. Luke’s University Health Network was offering free DNA testing, he thought it was a novelty, a chance to find out more about his ancestry. Instead, he learned he had a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)—The Medical University of South Carolina is offering free genetic testing to help participants learn more about their genetic risk for certain cancers and heart disease. The ...

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There are at least 500 sudden and unexpected deaths in the city each year, and in roughly a fifth of those cases, a genetic ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha nurse practitioner learned she carries a gene mutation that significantly increases her cancer risk through a free research study at Nebraska Medicine. Erin Thoman, a ...

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The medical examiner's office investigates approximately 40,000 deaths per year in New York City. Its molecular genetics laboratory, founded by Dr. Yingying Tang in 2003, is the only one of its kind ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Our genes carry some of the greatest secrets about our health and our futures. And for four sisters, unlocking those secrets became lifesaving. Now they're encouraging others to do the ...