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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

Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day Book Spotlight: “Raising the Goddess of Spring” by Stephanie Rese

June 24, 2021 Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

by Jessica Dronen, MS, CGC, Genetic Diseases Research and Information Specialist Today is Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day! In honor of that we have a special edition of ThinkGenetic’s book… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Education, Genetic Book Club Tagged With: #RareChromo, #rarechromoday, #shinebrighttogether, #UniqueNotAlone, Beverly Searle, C22C, chromosome, Chromosome 22 Central, chromosome disorder, DNA, Emanuel Syndrome, genetics, inheritance, Jessica Dronen, Melissa Carter, Murney Runholm, parenting, Raising the Goddess of Spring, Rare Chromosome and Gene Disorder Support Group, rare chromosome disorder awareness day, Stephanie Rese, UNIQUE

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

In the Gray – Understanding Variants of Uncertain Significance or VUS in Your Genetic Testing

February 3, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 4 Comments

The acronyms VUS and VOUS stands for “variant of uncertain significance.” Just as it sounds, a VUS means that your genetic testing found a variant or change in one or… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: disease, family studies, genes, genetic testing, genetics, health issue, laboratories, labs, Morgan Simmons, nucleotides, variant of uncertain significance, VOUS, VUS

The Inside Scoop on Genetic Counseling

November 14, 2016 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 5 Comments

Inside Scoop

If I were to ask you to sit back, close your eyes, remember your childhood, and ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up, what would you… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: genetic counseling, genetic counselor, genetics, Morgan Simmons, National Society of Genetic Counselors, NSGC, ThinkGenetic

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