One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear ...

A retrospective study highlighted the challenges of genetic testing interpretation for less-represented groups in public databases of genetic variation. The study covered French-Canadians at a large, ...

Novel study used whole genome sequencing to combine monogenetic and polygenetic testing, which are often siloed in research and practice More physicians should order genetic testing but much of the ...

Genetic testing and family screening help to provide explanations for sudden cardiac death in children and young adults, shows a population-based study. The research, which appears in The New England ...

When heart disease runs in your family, your cholesterol goals shift significantly. This genetic connection transforms you from an average-risk individual to someone requiring more vigilant monitoring ...

In Pennsylvania and nationwide, heart disease is the leading cause of death. While certain lifestyle factors, like smoking and high cholesterol, can increase a person’s risk for heart disease, ...

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(Alliance News) - GENinCode PLC on Wednesday said it has entered a commercial agreement with a Mexican healthcare provider for the distribution of its polygenic risk score test for heart health. The ...

Vancouver, BC - A molecular genetic autopsy performed on the tissue of a 21-year-old woman who died suddenly of unexplained causes identified a novel mutation in the KCNH2 gene at a region that is ...

Live Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable ...

February is American Heart Month. The last Wednesday of every February is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Awareness Day, a day and cause near and dear to my big heart.