Mass General Brigham has started offering a blood test that estimates a person’s inherited risk for eight different ...

A large analysis suggests that a multivariable risk assessment tool, called Stockholm3, can detect substantially more ...

You’re at an end-of-year holiday family gathering and instead of talking politics and religion, everyone is sharing stories about family members. That's when you find out for the first time that the ...

Pregnant woman holding her belly. The first and only at-home blood test that predicts a pregnant person’s risk of developing preeclampsia has launched. Known as Encompass, the test from Mirvie can ...

Experts discuss how knowledge of lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels can empower patients in managing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk factors, how providers can collaborate with patients ...

If you have a family history of cancer, your doctor may recommend genetic testing to help understand your potential risk. These DNA tests examine if someone has inherited an increased risk of cancer.

For stable, symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who are deemed to be at “minimal risk” using a CT-based tool, deferral of diagnostic testing is just as safe as the usual approach and is even ...

DNA testing to predict disease risk has the potential to prevent disease and save lives. Yet few Australians can currently access predictive DNA testing via the health-care system. That may soon ...