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‘Tis the Season of Giving- Tips for Sharing your Health History with Family Members

December 16, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

Family Get Together During Holidays

We at ThinkGenetic hope that you and yours have had a wonderful holiday season! We’d like to take the time to remind everyone that while you may be rushing to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: cancer screening, colon cancer, colon polyps, diabetes, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, family history, FH, genetic counselor, genetics, health history, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, inheritance, Jessica Dronen, medical information, osteoporosis, precancerous, thyroid disease

Holiday History Hunt Down – Getting to Know Your Family’s Health Background

November 20, 2018 Lauren Bailey Flueckinger, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

Holiday History Hunt Down - ThinkGenetic

With the holidays fast approaching, lots of comfort food, fall sports, and time with family come to mind. What might not come to mind is genetics, however, the holidays, and… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: family history, genetic counseling, genetic counselor, genetics, Lauren Bailey Flueckinger, Thanksgiving

A Millennial’s Guide to Family Health History

November 15, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 1 Comment

I am a millennial. There, I said it. If you’re wondering what I’m referring to, the word “millennial” typically refers to the generation that reached adulthood around the turn of… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: #NationalFamilyHealthHistoryDay, Alex’s Lemonade Stands, family health history, family history, genetic counselor, genetic disease, millennial, Morgan Simmons, National Family Health History Day, Susan G. Komen 3-Days, Thanksgiving

Before You Click to Order That Test – Tips for Understanding Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

October 10, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 6 Comments

Using advertising such as, ”Begin your genetics journey” to reach an innate desire we have to know what makes us unique, companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com have made direct-to-consumer (DTC)… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: direct-to-consumer, DTC, family history, genetic carrier, genetic disease, genetic testing, Morgan Simmons

Tips for Compiling Your Family Health History

December 20, 2016 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 9 Comments

Scientists have long maintained that they can track human origins back to one region in Africa.  From there, our human ancestors spread up to Europe and outwards to settle in… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: chronic disease, family, family history, generations, genetic conditions, health history, medical conditions, Morgan Simmons, pedigree

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