The counseling that goes along with testing for breast cancer risk genes can be delivered just as effectively over the phone as in person, and at lower cost, according to new research. Researchers ...

Risk counseling after HIV test: No effect on STIs Risk-reduction counseling has no effect on developing a sexually transmitted infection when given at the time of a rapid HIV test. HealthDay News — ...

Health care providers and insurers agree that it's in everyone's best interest to refer women for genetic testing if their family history of breast or ovarian cancer puts them at higher risk. What ...

Researchers have found that when breast cancer patients are offered pre-test genetic counseling before definitive breast cancer surgery, patients exhibited decreases in distress. Those offered ...

Students completing the School Counseling specialty are eligible for the Pupil Services License through the Ohio State Board of Education (SBOE). Students can take the Ohio Assessment for ...

OraSure Technologies Inc. (Bethlehem, PA) has taken another step toward seeking FDA approval for home use of its OraQuick Advance rapid HIV test. In March, the company announced that it had contracted ...

Lynch syndrome is one of the leading causes of hereditary cancers (e.g., colorectal and endometrial cancer), which can be prevented or treated with active screening and early diagnosis. For people ...