Genetic testing for hereditary diseases – do you want to know?

More than 3,000 genes have been linked to known diseases and researchers are routinely discovering new genes to predict genetic disorders. Doctors use the test results to clarify a diagnosis and specialists refer unaffected family members for predictive genetic testing to see if they were born with a mutant gene. Now that you can find... Continue Reading →

Lens replacement not just for seniors

My vision started to decline in Grade 4. At least that's when I got my first pair of sparkly blue glasses. Forty years later I had this eye procedure that replaces your natural lenses with prescription lenses. It's called Refractive Lens Exchange. It's the same surgery my parents had to remove cataracts, except my new multifocal, interocular lens implant corrected... Continue Reading →

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