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CONFIDENTIAL GENETIC TESTING

NEW POLYGENIC RISK SCORE

A Polygenic Risk Score is a type of genetic testing to estimate how your genes may affect your risk for certain health conditions. Most common diseases aren’t caused by a single “bad gene.” Instead, they happen because of the combined effect of many small genetic changes, plus lifestyle and environmental factors (like nutrition, exercise, sleep, substance use, and stress). A polygenic risk score adds up the effects of thousands of tiny genetic variations to give an overall estimate of your inherited genetic risk.

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KEY POINTS:

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  • It’s not a diagnosis. It only tells you whether your inherited risk is higher or lower than average.

  • Your environment and lifestyle (like substance use, nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress) can raise or lower your actual risk a lot, regardless of your genes.

  • The information can sometimes help guide prevention. For example, deciding how early or how often to screen for a disease.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

WHAT TO EXPECT

After you complete your registration, you will be contacted by my medical assistant to review and sign a consent form and schedule an appointment. At that appointment, a cotton tip swab will be used to get a sample of your inner cheek cells. It takes up to 6 weeks to get results back. You will then be sent an email with a detailed explanation and you will have an option to schedule a video visit with Dr. Kainth to discuss.

$450 (no matter how many diseases are tested)

WHAT DISEASES CAN YOU TEST FOR?

You can test for as many diseases as you would like, highly recommend only choosing illnesses that are part of your family history.

  • Atrial Fibrillation

  • Alzheimer's disease

  • Breast Cancer

  • Celiac Disease

  • Colon Cancer

  • Coronary Artery Disease

  • Diabetes, Type 2

  • Hyperlipidemia (High cholesterol)

  • Hypertension (High blood pressure)

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis)

  • Melanoma

  • Obesity

  • Osteoporosis

  • Ovarian Cancer

  • Stroke

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

Up to 6 weeks

ARE MY RESULTS CONFIDENTIAL?

Yes, completely confidential. Results are never shared or registered with any third party unless you specifically ask that we do. 

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