All Posts: genetic counseling
7 Articles
- News Release
Informing Children of a Mother’s Genetic Cancer Risk Does Not Impact Their Health Behaviors
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July 21, 2022
- GUMC Stories
Cancer Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19
(May 28, 2020) — It may be hard to believe, but as recently as 2014, the idea of delivering genetic counseling for familial cancer risk remotely instead of in-person was quite…
May 28, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Cancer Organization Recommends Genetic Testing for Jewish People of Ashkenazi Descent
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January 28, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Telenovela Empowers At-Risk Latina Women to Seek Genetic Counseling Services
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October 4, 2019
- News Release
Why Adults at Risk for Huntington’s Disease Choose Not to Learn if They Inherited Deadly Gene
MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (May 16, 2019) — As many as 90 percent of individuals who have a parent with Huntington’s disease (HD) choose not to…
May 16, 2019
- News Release
Georgetown Genetic Counselor Offers Insight on Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing Kits
WASHINGTON (December 20, 2018) — You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, I’m telling you why, DNA tests are coming to town. The DNA testing kit has…
December 20, 2018