Each month, The Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. Healthcare providers ...
Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Clinical signs raise suspicion for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), but genetic testing ...
A large meta-analysis of over 20,000 people found that modern genetic testing can identify a clinically meaningful cause of schizoprenia in about 1 in 16 patients (6%), especially in early-onset ...
It wasn’t all that long ago that we cracked the human genome, and in just a few short years we became used to direct-to-consumer genetic sequencing companies, like Ancestry.com and 23&Me, which could ...
A blood test clarifies which gene variants truly cause congenital heart defects, linking diagnosis to more precise ...
Researchers are working on new, faster ways to diagnosis bird flu and other dangerous influenza strains before they can erupt into a full-fledged pandemic. Avian flu, or H5N1, does not spread easily ...
A single genetic test could potentially replace the current two-step approach to diagnosing rare developmental disorders in children. This shift could enable earlier diagnoses for families and save ...
Genetic tests for Alzheimer’s can detect specific genes linked to the disease. In most cases, they can’t definitively confirm or predict a diagnosis, but they can provide insight into your relative ...