The Original Guide to Men’s Health
Episode 28: Medical Genetics
Genetics is a growing part of health care, and is used to identify heritable genetic variants that increase the risk of certain diseases and conditions, including some types of cancers. Among other things, learn why breast cancer-related variants are also related to prostate cancer, and why you should be leery of direct-to-consumer tests for heritable disease risk indicators.
Guest:
Gail P. Jarvik, MD, PhD, Endowed Chair in Medicine and Genome Sciences, and Professor and Head of Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle WA.