Precision Medicine, Epigenetics, Bad Luck: Check Out Hot Topics in today’s CDC Genomics & Health Impact Update

February 19-26, 2015 | Volume 34 Number 7     Access the complete issue

Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Be 1 in a Million Beyond the Genome: Advances in Epigenomics More on Precision Medicine: Building a Cohort Bad Luck and Human Disease: Genes and Environment Muscular Dystrophies: Public Health and Genomic Insights Noncommunicable Diseases Birth Defects & Child Health Cancer    Chronic Diseases Ethics, Policy & Law Genomics in Practice   Newborn Screening Pharmacogenomics Reproductive Health Reviews, News & Commentaries Tools & Databases Genomics and Expanded Carrier Testing Genomics and Health Disparities: Reducing the Burden Lynch Syndrome: Implementation of Screening BRCA: Is it time for Population Screening? Mendelian Randomization: a Tool for Epidemiology & Public Health Infectious Diseases Antimicrobials, Vaccines, Interventions Detection & Diagnosis Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Transmission Evolution, Ecology, Pathogenicity, Populations Host-Pathogen Interactions Methods Reviews, News & Commentaries http://www.cdc.gov/genomics The Office of Public Health Genomics provides updated and credible information on how genomic information and family health history can improve health and influence policy and practice. We highlight news and information on the use of genomic tests and other applications, including family health history, in clinical and public health practice and programs, along with relevant data, policy, and legislation. We hope the update is informative to practitioners, policy makers, consumers, and researchers. Please send your comments togenetics@cdc.gov.   Other Items of Interest CDC-Authored Genomics Publications Select Events