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Opioid misuse and specifically opioid use disorder (OUD), continues to represent a significant U.S. public health threat, with more than 6 million Americans aged 12 and older meeting the criteria for ...

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Genetic counselors, who help people navigate tests, have concerns about how those who have taken the test will interpret their results.

Genetic test results can be hard to understand and interpret for people without a background in genetics. Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center are studying ...

Studies have shown that our genes may be up to 70% responsible for gambling behavior. Now a new genetic test can identify who may be most predisposed to becoming hooked on gambling. Around 90% of ...

Human Geneticist Dr. Neville Sanjana answers the internet’s burning questions about genetics and DNA. How are our genes related to our DNA? Does our DNA change during our lifetime? How do services ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced that a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology found that the GeneSight® Psychotropic Test significantly reduced psychiatric hospitalizations in ...

People trying to lose weight often count calories, carbs, steps and reps and watch the scales. Soon, they may have another number to consider: a genetic score indicating how many calories a person ...

A genetic test could predict whether a child will be obese as an adult. A global study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, found that the risk of severe obesity in adulthood can be identified ...

Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bowel obstruction. Two weeks later, she had another emergency surgery, and then developed ...