Genomics|General Public

Genomics|General Public

Genomics and Health Resources (A - Z)

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Genomics plays a role in nine of the Ten Leading Causes of Death in the United States, most notably chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. These diseases are partly the result of how genes interact with environmental and behavioral risk factors, such as diet and physical activity.

The interaction between our genes, behavior, infections, and the environment can lead to many diseases. Family health history information can also help to identify people who may have a higher risk for certain diseases. Better understanding of genetic and family history information can help practitioners identify, develop, and evaluate screening and other interventions that can improve health and prevent disease. Individuals can contribute to their health by keeping records of their family health information and sharing this information with their doctor and with other family members.In addition, a variety of genome-based tools and tests are increasingly becoming available in practice.

In this section we highlight alphabetically specific diseases and other topics for which we have specific information and/or are featured in the CDC Genomics and Health Impact Weekly Update. New links will be added regularly. If you are unable to find a specific resource, or would like to submit a resource for consideration, please contact genetics@cdc.gov.

A

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (September 4, 2014)
• Addiction (September 18, 2014)
• Age-related macular degeneration (November 14, 2013)
• Aging (October 31, 2013)
• Alcohol (July 15, 2014)
• Alcoholism (May 29, 2014)
• Alzheimer’s Disease (August 21, 2014)
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (August 7, 2014)
• Antimicrobial Resistance (November 26, 2014)
• Asthma (September 4, 2014)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactiviy Disorder (October 22, 2014)
• Autism Fact Sheet (April 4, 2013)
• Autism (November 6, 2014)

B

• Big Data & Genomics (October 30, 2014)
• Birth Defects & Disabilities (July 24, 2014)
• Blood Disorders (October 2, 2014)
• Blog (October 9, 2014)
• Breast and Ovarian Cancer Fact Sheet (June 17, 2014)
• Breast and Ovarian Cancer (November 6, 2014)

C

• Cancer Epidemiology (October 9, 2014)
• Cancer Genomic Tests (October 30, 2014)
• Cancer Genomics (August 14, 2014)
• Cancer Precision Medicine (September 18, 2014)
• Cancer Progression & Heterogeneity (October 30, 2014)
• Cancer Screening (November 13, 2014)
• Cancer Survivorship (October 16 2014)
• Causes of Death (November 6, 2014)
• Celiac Disease (October 9, 2014)
• Cervical Cancer (November 13, 2014)
• Child Health (October 2, 2014)
• Chikungunya (August 21, 2014)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (November 19, 2014)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (August 7, 2014)
• Colorectal Cancer Fact Sheet (March 7, 2013)
• Colorectal Cancer Screening (August 21, 2014)
• Competencies for Genomics and Public Health (March 9, 2010)
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease  (August 14, 2014)  
• Cyclospora Outbreaks (August 22, 2013)
• Cystic Fibrosis (November 26, 2014)

D

• Data and Statistics (October 25, 2013)
• Data Sharing (October 9, 2014)
• Death (Leading Causes) (November 6, 2014)
• Deafness (October 30, 2014)
• Depression (September 25, 2014)
• Diabetes (November 13, 2014)
• Diabetes (Maturity Onset of the Young) (October 30, 2014)
• Down Syndrome (October 9, 2014)

E

• Ebola (November 6, 2014)
• Economics of Genomic Medicine (October 2, 2014)
• Educational resources (August 21, 2014)
• Electronic Health Records (March 27, 2014)
• Enterovirus D68 (November 13, 2014)
• Epidemiology (November 26, 2014)
• Epigenetics (October 9, 2014)
• Epilepsy (November 13, 2014)
• Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (June 26, 2014)
• Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention(EGAPP) (February 25, 2013)
• Events (September 25, 2014)
• Evidence-based Pharmacogenomics (October 16, 2014)
• Exposome (May 29, 2014)

F

• Familial Hypercholesterolemia (September 25, 2014)
• Family History Page (November 6, 2013)
• Family History (November 26, 2014)
• Food Safety (November 19, 2014)
• Fragile X Syndrome (October 22, 2014)

G

• Gaucher Disease (August 28, 2014) 
• Gene-Environment Interaction (June 26, 2014)
• Gene Therapy (October 16, 2014)
• Genetics Basics (September 5, 2014)
• Genetic Counseling & Public Health (August 28, 2014)
• Genetic Counseling (July 15, 2014)
• Genomic Sequencing (Human) (October 30, 2014)
• Genomic Sequencing (Pathogen) (October 22, 2014)
• Genomic Testing Page  (June 28, 2013)
• Genomic Tests by Level of Evidence (September 8, 2014)
• Genomics in Practice (September 25, 2014)
• Glaucoma (September 4, 2014)
• Global Health (January 30, 2014)
• Guillain-Barré (October 9, 2014)

H

• Health Disparities (August 21, 2014) 
• Health Literacy (October 16, 2014)
• Healthy People 2020 (June 5, 2014)
• Healthy Vision (May 21, 2014)
• Hearing Loss (March 27, 2014)
• Heart Disease Fact Sheet (February 7, 2014)
• Heart Disease (August 14, 2014)
• Heart Disease and Nutrition (July 2, 2014)
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis (July 24, 2014)
• Hepatitis (July 31, 2014)
• High Blood Pressure (March 12, 2014)
• Hispanic/Latino Heritage (October 2, 2014)
• HIV/AIDS Genomics (July 31, 2014)
• Human Genome Epidemiology (September 4, 2014)
• Human Genome Epidemiology Page (January 29, 2013)
• Human Genome Epidemiology Navigator (January 29, 2013)
• Huntington Disease (September 11, 2014)
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (May 8, 2014)

I

• Immunization Awareness (August 14, 2014)
• Implementation (March 21, 2014)
• Incidental Findings (November 19, 2014)
• Individualized Prevention (July 2, 2014)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (June 5, 2014)
• Infant Mortality (September 18, 2014)
• Infertility (July 15, 2014)
• Influenza (November 6, 2014)

L

• Laboratory Developed Tests (October 2, 2014)
• Leading Causes of Death (November 6, 2014)
• Listeria (November 19, 2014)
• Liver Cancer (October 2, 2014)
• Lung Cancer (November 6, 2014)
• Lyme Disease (August 22, 2013)
• Lynch Syndrome (November 6, 2014)

M

• Malaria (September 11, 2014)
• Marfan Syndrome (July 2, 2014)
• Mental Health Fact Sheet (April 10, 2012)
• Men's Health (June 11, 2014)
• Melanoma (November 26, 2014)
• MERS Virus (June 18, 2014)
• Microbiome (November 13, 2014)
• Minority Health (April 24, 2014)

• Mitochondrial Genetics (July 24, 2014)
• Multiple Myeloma (February 27, 2014)
• Muscular Dystrophy (September 4, 2014)

N

• Newborn Screening (November 26, 2014)
• Newborn Screening Page
• Next-Generation Sequencing Policy Analysis (October 2, 2014)
• Nutrigenomics (May 21, 2014)

O

• Obesity Fact Sheet (May 10, 2013)
• Obesity (September 11, 2014)
• Omics and Epidemiology (July 2, 2014)
• Osteoporosis Fact Sheet (May 19, 2014)
• Osteoporosis (May 29, 2014)
• Ovarian Cancer (September 25, 2014)

P

• Painkiller Overdose (July 15, 2014)
• Pain Sensitivity (August 21, 2014)
• Pancreatic Cancer (August 7, 2014)
• Parkinson's Disease (Jul 31, 2014)
• Pathogen Genomics (November 26, 2014)
• Periodontal Disease (December 5, 2013)
• Personal Genomics (October 22, 2014)
• Personalized Medicine (July 2, 2014)
• Pharmacogenomics (November 26, 2014)
• Physician Competency (June 18, 2014)
• Placenta (July 31, 2014)
• Pneumonia (November 19, 2014)
• Podcasts (April 14, 2014)
• Polio (November 26, 2013)
• Polycystic Kidney Disease (November 19, 2014)
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (August 21, 2014)
• Prematurity (November 13, 2014)
• Prevention (July 24, 2014)
• Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders (October 16, 2014)
• Progeria (February 6, 2014)
• Prostate Cancer (September 18, 2014)
• Provider Education (May 1, 2014)
• Psoriasis (August 14, 2014)
• Public Health Emergency Response (July 15, 2014)
• Public Health Action (November 13, 2014)

R

• Rare Diseases (June 11, 2014)
• Registries and Surveillance (August 28, 2014)
• Reports and Publications (September 25, 2014)
• Reproducibility (October 30, 2014)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (November 6, 2014)

S

• Salmonella (August 28, 2014)
• Salt Intake (September 18, 2014)
• Schizophrenia (September 18, 2014)
• Screening ((November 19, 2014))
• Seizures & Immunization (October 30, 2014)
• Sepsis (September 11, 2014)
• Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (August 28, 2014)
• Sickle Cell Disease (November 19, 2014)
• Skin Cancer (November 26, 2014)
• Sleep Disorders (April 24, 2014)
• Smoking and Public Health (October 22, 2014)
• Spina Bifida (October 16, 2014)
• State Map of Public Health Genomics Activities (April 28, 2014)
• Stroke Fact Sheet (April 8, 2013)
• Stroke (October 22, 2014)
• Sudden Death in the Young (January 30, 2014)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (October 16, 2014)
• Suicide (September 18, 2014)
• Surveillance & Registries (August 28, 2014)

T

• Telomeres & Health (July 24, 2014)
• Thalassemia (March 20, 2014)
• Toolkit for Public Health Genomics (March 6, 2014)
• Tourette Syndrome (November 19, 2014)
• Translation (June18, 2012)
• Translation (November 13, 2014)
• Tuberculosis (October 22, 2014)

V

• Venous Thromboembolism (October 16, 2014)
• Von Willebrand Disease (October 9, 2014)

W

• Whole Genome Sequencing (August 7, 2014)
• Women's Health (May 15, 2014)