After a breast-cancer diagnosis and a separate scare, my mom tested for the BRCA2 gene mutation. Knowing it could be hereditary, I decided to get tested at 23 to see if I also carried the mutation. My ...

Aimee Knight underwent genetic testing and preventive surgeries after losing her mother and grandmother to ovarian cancer.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ashley Dedmon’s parents always told her knowledge is power. Discussions about health, she says, were the norm growing up. “They ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — In less than one year, Laurie Walther found a lump in her breast, and underwent chemotherapy, radiation and a double mastectomy. The 46-year-old also discovered she is a carrier ...

Two days after graduating high school, one woman from Indiana learned she carries the Huntington’s disease gene mutation ...

When he was 4 months old, Leo Wei Church was diagnosed with a gene mutation so rare that his doctors say he is one of two people in the world with this diagnosis. He would bounce between acting like a ...

Ashley Dedmon’s parents always told her knowledge is power. Discussions about health, she says, were the norm growing up. “They were educators,” Dedmon says of her parents. “They were always wanting ...