Genetic Testing

Screening an Asymptomatic Person for Genetic Risk

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:2442-2445 June 19, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMclde1311959 CASE VIGNETTE Jim Mathis is a 45-year-old health-conscious man who has been a patient in an internal medicine–primary care practice for several years. At today’s visit, he talks about the family tree that he has sketched out and his discovery that three of his relatives had […]

MTHFR Gene Mutation-What’s the Big Deal About Methylation?

by Jill Carnahan, MD on May 12, 2013 UPDATE POST OF MTHFR BLOG Do you have a genetic defect in the MTHFR gene?? Maybe you’ve have a family history of heart attack or stroke… maybe you’ve suffered through multiple miscarriages. Or maybe you struggle with chronic migraine headaches or irritible bowel syndrome or depression. Perhaps […]