Tag: genetics
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Genetic testing is an option if you have a family history of breast cancer; regardless, if over 40 get an annual mammogram
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, making it a good time to consider talking to your primary-care provider about genetic testing if you have a family history of breast cancer....
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Researchers find genetic biomarker that could indicate mental illness in women
Patients’ behaviors and feelings often serve as identifying factors for psychiatric disorders, which can make diagnoses difficult. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the...
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Fragile X Syndrome, a little known disorder, is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disabilities; U of L has only clinic for it in Ky.
A common but little-known genetic disorder called Fragile X Syndrome is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability, autism and developmental delay, and the University of Louisville is home to...
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People with a genetic risk of obesity should avoid saturated fat, national study of 2,800 people suggests
A new study shows that avoiding saturated fat may be advantageous for those whose genetic makeup predisposes them to obesity. Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...
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Lifestyle changes and screening will decrease risk of cancer, which is especially deadly in Kentucky
This Kentucky Cancer Consortium graph shows the deaths from cancers with evidence-based prevention or early detection methods in Kentucky in 2005-09. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the...
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Breast cancer awareness: Testing urged, guidelines explained, misconceptions explored
Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes most commonly involved in breast cancer, have up to an 80 percent chanceof getting the disease. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although...
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UK researcher part of team that has identified Usher Syndrome gene, responsible for genetic loss of sight and hearing in babies
A University of Kentucky physiologist has teamed with researchers from several institutions to report a novel type of gene associated with Usher Syndrome, a hereditary disease that causes individuals to...
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Hospitals can learn from revealing account of the attack of a superbug; sequencing germ’s DNA seems to be key
Dr. Tara Palmore, deputy hospital epidemiologist at theNational Institutes of Health Clinic Center, left, and Dr.Julie Segre, a geneticist with the National HumanGenome Research Institute. Both were integral inpinpointing the...
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Two gene variants identified as risk factors for childhood obesity
The largest ever genome-wide study has identified two new gene variants that increase the risk of common childhood obesity. “We have definitively identified and characterized a genetic predisposition to common...