{"id":2615,"date":"2016-04-18T09:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2016-04-18T09:25:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:25:41","slug":"genetic-counselors-struggle-to-keep-up-with-huge-new-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2615","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Todd Bookman, WHYY for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Erika Stallings\u2019 mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. When it came back in her early 40s, her physicians started looking for clues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s when the doctors realized there may be something genetic going on, and that\u2019s when she was tested, and found out she was a carrier for <em>BRCA<\/em>2,\u201d said Stallings.<\/p>\n<p><em>BRCA<\/em>1 and <em>BRCA<\/em>2 are genes. Carrying a mutated <em>BRCA<\/em> gene increases a person\u2019s risk for developing certain cancers, including breast and ovarian cancer. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/genetic-counselors-struggle-to-keep-up-with-huge-new-demand\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=28546798&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ep3w87uDb-8AdjYrAuqdYbG280qrG5WKEGiU0iES8CIijZPHENZGkv1KrgSJu2dpKEUnXM57bwXkU9cv_y2zpRgY3SQ&amp;_hsmi=28546798\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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