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Healthcare professionals can use genetic tests to identify genetic changes that people inherit from their parents through DNA. The results of genetic tests can inform diagnoses or provide information ...

Oct. 14--Boise's Glenna Tooman thought she'd get the news this year that she carries a hereditary link to breast cancer. Instead, her family's story shows how far genetic testing still has to go ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT. As ...

Sponsors believe the insurance industry should be banned from using genetic information to determine healthcare coverage.