by Dr Roshan Daniel | Sep 11, 2026 | Rare Diseases
A simple blood test. No needles into the womb. No risk to the baby. And meaningful information about your baby’s chromosomes available as early as the tenth week of pregnancy. Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, commonly called NIPT, has changed prenatal care...
by Dr Roshan Daniel | Sep 10, 2026 | Rare Diseases
Short answer: rarely. Here’s exactly why, and what to do next. Quick answer: A “soft marker” is a small, non-structural variation your sonographer noticed on a routine ultrasound. Most of the time, it means nothing at all — it’s simply how your...
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by Dr Roshan Daniel | Sep 9, 2026 | Rare Diseases
A plain-language guide to understanding the difference between prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis — and how to decide which path is right for your pregnancy. Quick Answer NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing) is a screening test. It uses a blood sample to...
by Dr Roshan Daniel | Sep 8, 2026 | Rare Diseases
Medically reviewed by Team Genetidoc, with insights from our genetic counselors Watching a parent lose their memory, and eventually their independence, is one of the hardest things a family can go through. There’s no cure. There’s no way to reverse it once...
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by Dr Roshan Daniel | Sep 3, 2026 | Rare Diseases
If a genetic test can’t cure cancer, why get one before you’re sick? Because knowing your risk early is what lets you catch disease before it becomes an emergency — or avoid needless worry altogether. Quick answer: Predictive genetic testing looks for gene...
by Dr Roshan Daniel | Aug 31, 2026 | Cancer Genetics, Rare Diseases
MEDICALLY REVIEWED BY THE CLINICAL GENETICS TEAM AT GENETIDOC QUICK ANSWER If you were diagnosed with breast cancer at or before age 50, or if two or more relatives on the same side of your family have had breast, ovarian, pancreatic, or prostate cancer, genetic...
