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Genetic Testing Results: How to Interpret Your Report


5 Ways to Celebrate Men’s Health Month This Year
by Nadine Paull - Relationships offer the best of so many worlds: exhilaration, excitement, hard work, and familiarity. Perhaps one of the most important aspects of maintaining healthy, balanced relationships, is making time for quality time — and knowing how to spend that time effectively!Whether you’re a fan of the classics or up for trying something new and exiting, this list of go-to date ideas has your next date night covered!Dinner and a MovieLet’s start with the basics!
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How My Rare Disease Inspired a Genetic Screening Event at Rutgers Hillel
Middle school is difficult for any and all children; it is a time of great change, confusion, and maturation.
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7 Things You Didn't Know About Genetic Counseling
As a genetic counselor, it’s very common to get confused looks from people when I try to describe to them what I do for a living. At JScreen, genetic counselors are a vital part of the carrier screening process to help ensure accurate, appropriate testing for program participants. Genetic counselors also play a key role in helping people understand their results and the options they have for follow-up once testing is completed.
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Questions for a Genetic Counselor as we Celebrate Genetic Counselor Awareness Day
There are many types of genetic testing. Some tests might tell you if you are a carrier of disease, which means you won’t actually have the disease, but you can pass it on to a child. Other test results might predict you will develop a disease or tell you you’re predisposed
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It's My Future
My decision to get screened by JScreen was a simple one to make. The instant I heard a representative from JScreen speak at the 2016 Chabad JLI Retreat, the decision was practically made for me.
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Why Did Bruce Wayne Choose the Name ‘Batman’?
If you are a comic book dweeb, as I am not, you will know that Bruce Wayne chose the name ‘Batman’ because we was afraid of bats as a child, and chose to use his greatest phobia against his enemies.
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