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2019 MAR 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Genetics - Genetic Research have been published. According [...]

Despite the transformational contribution of genomics to advances in biomedical research, the benefits have been slow to penetrate medical practice and patient care. Considering the rapid development of the field, [...], Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the impact of an Internet-based educational program on clinically relevant communication behaviors. Methods: A randomized trial enrolled 50 physician assistants (PAs); 40 PAs completed the trial (18 in the intervention group and 22 in the control group). Participants conducted simulated visits that were coded for completeness of family history, referral for genetic services, and overall interviewing style using the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS). Results: Compared with PAs in the control group, PAs who took the Web course elicited more complete family histories (7.2 vs 5.0 of a 13-member pedigree; t = 2.3, P < 05) and more detailed cancer histories (3.2 vs 2.3 of five affected family members; t = 27, P < .001) but did not make more genetics referrals. Overall, intervention-group PAs used a less patient-centered interviewing style than controls (1.9 vs 3.2; t = 2.8, P < .01). Conclusions: More comprehensive assessment of family history was associated with lower patient-centeredness, suggesting a need for caution with regard to unintended consequences of targeted communication interventions on interviewing style.

The Human Genome Project's (HGP) Community Conversations project is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant-funded library outreach program aimed at the general public, especially low-income communities of color. Librarians [...]

Genomics provides information on genetic susceptibility to diseases and new possibilities for interventions which can fundamentally alter the design of fair health policies. The aim of this paper is to explore implications of genomics from the perspective of equal opportunity ethics. The ideal of equal opportunity requires that individuals are held responsible for some, but not all, factors that affect their health. Informational problems, however, often make it difficult to implement the ideal of equal opportunity in the context of healthcare. In this paper, examples are considered of how new genetic information may affect the way individual responsibility for choice is assigned. It is also argued that genomics may result in relocation of the responsibility cut by providing both new information and new technology. Finally, how genomics may affect healthcare policies and the market for health insurance is discussed.

Canadore College in North Bay marked the official opening of its functional genomics lab on Aug. 29, ushering in a new wave of science-related applied research and educational programming. 'It [...]

Many of the structural genomics firms and business activities are newly formed and are broadening their technology offerings. Structural proteomics is evolving rapidly in the area of genomics, with protein-structure data proving extremely valuable. Computational methods of protein-structure research compare new sequences with experimental structures or predictions based on sequence.

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Nurses will have to be educated in their role of future application of genetics in clinical practice as the progress in the field of genomic medicines is exploding. Family history assessment and screening are some of the new roles that nurses can expect to take on.

Today's nurses know something about genetics from their biology, physiology, and pathophysiology courses. They usually know several disorders or diseases related to genetics. But they may commonly lack experience with [...]