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If you’ve ever felt a nagging ache at the base of your big toe or noticed a bony bump forming along the side of your foot, you may have a bunion. Bunions...

If you might be at higher risk for a health condition based on your genes, you may want to know more about the odds you’ll develop that condition. Information...

When it comes to cancer, finding it early makes a big difference. New tools in women’s cancer screening are helping health care professionals do just that.  These...

Families pass down more than just eye color and hair type. They also pass down genes that can affect your health. While you can’t change the DNA you inherit,...

Genetic testing has changed how we understand and treat diseases, including cancer. By looking at changes (mutations) in our DNA, we can determine if someone...

Summer is the season of backyard barbeques, relaxing on the beach and the ongoing saga of being the designated mosquito magnet. As the temperatures rise...

If you take a look at any family, you can probably spot traits that family members share. Maybe they stand out as taller than just about anyone else at...

Although it may be hard to believe, until 1956, people with epilepsy weren’t allowed to get married in 17 states in the U.S. due to widespread misunderstandings...

Have you lost some of the range of motion in your fingers? Maybe they’re beginning to curl inward a bit more. Do you feel resistance when you straighten...

Patient Kim Alten’s annual mammogram led to an option to have genetic testing for cancer, which can help determine whether someone – and their family –...