Seven women in one family who had their breasts and ovaries removed after testing positive for ‘Angelina Jolie gene’ learn their results may have been WRONG – and there could be dozens more Katy Mathes, 37, from Colorado, tested positive for a mutation of the BRCA gene in 2015 The gene carries an increased risk… Read More »
A series of lab tests that detected a potentially dangerous gene in seven women from one family were wrong, the family learned earlier this year — after they underwent major surgeries to reduce their chances of cancer. “I treated my test results like the Bible,” Katy Mathes, a 37-year-old Colorado elementary school teacher told The… Read More »
This condition, called white coat hypertension, is a type of false positive result. Sometimes, you need a combination of several different tests, or you may need to have the same test run again to verify the findings. Most people find skin prick testing not particularly painful, but it can be a little uncomfortable. Skin tests… Read More »