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When it came time to start a family, Sarah Elizabeth Orlando, 33, knew she would go about it differently. Before she was born, an in-utero amniocentesis had confirmed she carried the gene for fragile ...

It can be argued that the devastation of a cancer diagnosis is rooted as much in the prospect of treatment as it is in the prospect of death. In particular, drugs used to treat cancer can cause severe ...

For women who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the questions that arise are those pertaining mostly to the ...

At-home DNA tests have revolutionized personal health insights, but understanding their accuracy requires examining the ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues ...