Genomics and Health Topics | CDC

Genomics and Health Topics | CDC

Genomics and Health Topics

Genomics and family health history play a role in many diseases such as cancer and heart disease. These diseases are partly the result of how your genes interact with your behaviors, such as your diet and physical activity, and your environment. If you have a family health history of a disease, you are more likely to get that disease yourself, but you can take steps to prevent disease or find it early. The following information pages relate to common diseases and other health related topics developed by our office and other CDC programs.  For more information on genomics and diseases, search our Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base for continuously updated genomic information on specific diseases.

Breast & Ovarian Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Diabetes

DNA Day

Down Syndrome

Family Health History

Folic Acid

Fragile X Syndrome

Genetics 101

Genetic Counseling

Genetic Testing

Heart Disease

Hemophilia

Hereditary Hemochromatosis

Muscular Dystrophy

Newborn Screening

Obesity

Osteoporosis

Pathogen Genomics

Pharmacogenomics

Precision Health

Real Stories

Sickle Cell Disease

Stroke

Thalassemia

von Willebrand Disease