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	August 9, 2017	Silent Heavy Metal: Testing Lead It is silent, but sometimes present. When exposed, a child can be anemic or hyperactive, have a lower IQ or even hearing problems.
	July 27, 2017	Focusing on the Needle or the Haystack: General versus Specific Genetic Testing Strategies Whether genetic testing is ordered in the hospital or at an outpatient clinic, the journey for providers and parents differs depending on the testing
	May 23, 2017	What You Need to Know About Thyroid Cancer Often, thyroid cancers are small and do not turn out to be serious. But if surgery takes place on a higher-risk tumor, monitoring levels of the thyroglobulin protein for 6 to 12
	March 28, 2017	Breathing All Night Long: Cystic Fibrosis and Increasing Treatable Cases Even when there is no family history of CF, a person can be a carrier without knowing it. Identifying disease-causing mutations by carrier testing may people find out
	March 21, 2017	Not Just Skin Deep: the Hidden World of Vascular Anomalies Vascular anomalies are often the result of abnormal development in blood vessels. About one in 5,000 people experiences some kind of vascular anomaly, sometimes as an inherited
	March 14, 2017	You, Zebrafish, and Liver Cancer: What's The Connection? You may have seen zebrafish in aquariums: small, striped, darting fish, originally found in slow streams and rice paddies in the Indian subcontinent. Did you know they’re also our