Category Archives: Allie Janson Hazell
Digesting the Scripps DTC Study Results
Last week preliminary data from a Scripps Health study, looking at effects of DTC genomewide testing, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (link to pdf article). The study represents the first published data of this kind. Up until … Continue reading
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Genetic Counselling Awareness Week hits Canada!
Although I know much of our readership is US-based, I thought you would all be interested in an initiative of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) that is taking place this week. To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the … Continue reading
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SNPedia Gives an Open Call to Genetic Counselors
You may have heard rumblings about something called SNPedia. I finally got around to checking it out the other day. SNPedia has been called the ‘Wikipedia for DNA’ and to me it kind of seems like OMIM, but for SNPs. … Continue reading
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Healthcare, Bad Health and Health 2.0
Last year I gave a mini-presentation to a small group of genetic counselors titled Health 2.0: What It Is, and Why We Should Know About It. I wish I could have just shown this clip of Esther Dyson, who provides … Continue reading
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The Genetic Counseling Job Search
Last week, I began my third maternity leave contract position. For the most part, I have been very lucky in my career so far. In 2008, I accepted a 9-month maternity leave contract right out of school. The position was … Continue reading
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Genetic tests now sold in drugstores! Or not.
as posted on herNaturehisNurture Well, it has been quite a week in the world of genetic testing! For those who haven’t been following the gene drama (or haven’t been able to keep up), I’ve provided a summary of the week’s … Continue reading
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Counsyl Poll: The Results are in!
A few weeks ago we implemented a poll to go along with Bob and Laura’s posts on the new “universal genetic test” being offered by the company Counsyl. We asked readers to vote on three different statements or present their … Continue reading
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Learning from the Naturopathic Model
I recently sat down with Jill Davies, a genetic counselor who is doing some really interesting work with genomics and preventive medicine in the primary care setting. I won’t get into the details here, as I am hoping Jill will … Continue reading
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Happy New Year from DNA Exchange!
When we started this blog a little over 7 months ago, we had no idea what sort of response we would get. The morning that DNA Exchange went live and we sent the initial note out to the listserv, I … Continue reading
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