Scientists use a metric called “area under the curve” or AUC to assess how well the test performed. An AUC of 1 is a perfect test; an AUC of 0.5 is like a coin toss. In the first group of 243 men, ...

Braxton Mitchell, co-director of the Amish Research Clinic in Lancaster, says autism does exist in the Amish, contrary to ...

When 35-year-old Rajesh (name changed) collapsed during a morning jog, his family was stunned. Fit, vegetarian, and with no ...

Medical experts, genetic counsellors, and sickle cell advocates have called for the enforcement of mandatory newborn screening and strengthened genetic ...

As screening and early treatment for type 1 diabetes become more widespread, the European action for the Diagnosis of Early ...

Donald Trump has a long-held fascination with autism, and particularly the various conspiracy theories that have surrounded ...

NCDs increasingly affect children. Dr. Fouzia Shafique, UNICEF Associate Director for Health, details UNICEF’s crisis ...

Wider access to publicly funded genetic testing for some diseases has been urged after a study of 10,000 young people found ...

A 23-year-old man's rare stroke led doctors to uncover inherited blood clotting mutations, revealing how genetics can silently trigger life-threatening vascular events even at a young age.

GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland explains how her company screens babies’ DNA for mutations that cause thousands of treatable disorders.

Despite decades of research and the approval of several therapies to help manage symptoms, there is still no cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Prevention through genetic testing, such as ...

A little over a year into the Sanford ImagineYou study, patients are reporting positive results in detecting early risk factors.