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Genetic counseling is the professional interaction between a healthcare provider with specialized knowledge of genetics and an individual or family.
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As you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day.
… Thanksgiving with your family, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day. … … Thanksgiving with your family, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day. … … Thanksgiving with your family, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day. … …
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The Physician-Scientist Development Program helps physicians develop research programs dedicated to the disorders they specialize in.
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As you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family this November, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day.
… with your family this November, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day . … … to public health systems that screen for and serve populations at higher than average risk for disease, such as … with your family this November, remember that this special day is also National Family Health History Day. ​ … …
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The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research.
… (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics …
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NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations. … National Institutes of Health (NIH) … blood clots, a risk that is the same among diverse human populations that may not traditionally be associated with … or African American, it is not widely studied in other populations, a bias that has led to unintended harm for those …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in populations in the United States and around the world. … … dyslipidemia, and kidney diseases, in different human populations with particular attention to African Americans … the analysis of data generated in Africans and other populations.  Investigate how knowledge and understanding of …
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The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research. These seminars are archived from 2023-24.
… . DIR sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics …
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The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research. These seminars are archived from 2022-23.
… . DIR sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics … (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… polygenic risk scores have not been effective for all populations, the researchers recalibrated these genetic tests … a more accurate assessment of disease risk across diverse populations. Genetic tests look at the small differences … many individuals with ancestry spanning two or more global populations. Strong representation of these individuals is …