{"id":10171,"date":"2025-09-09T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/10171\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:35:06","slug":"parkview-health-offers-no-cost-dna-insights-to-fort-wayne-area-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/10171\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkview Health offers no-cost DNA insights to Fort Wayne area | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) \u2014 Parkview Health has expanded its DNA Insights program, allowing the public to participate in no-cost genetic screening and contribute to health research. This initiative, in partnership with Helix, aims to help individuals understand their genetic health risks and advance personalized medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Previously limited to Parkview patients and employees, DNA Insights is now open to anyone 18 or older with a Parkview MyChart account. Parkview hopes to enroll 100,000 participants over the next five years. &#8220;Integrating genetic information into everyday care is the future of medicine,&#8221; said Dr. Michael Mirro, Parkview&#8217;s chief academic research officer.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will complete an online consent form, visit a Parkview lab for a blood draw, and receive genetic screening for hereditary cancers and high cholesterol risks. About 1-2% of participants may discover a genetic variant indicating risk for some conditions. Those with positive results can receive a no-cost counseling session with a Parkview genetic counselor.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jamie L. Renbarger, associate chief of research and precision health, said, &#8220;DNA Insights is a powerful example of how research and innovation come together to directly benefit our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more or enroll, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/parkview.com\/DNAInsights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parkview.com\/DNAInsights<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) \u2014 Parkview Health has expanded its DNA Insights program, allowing the public to participate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[619,10599,10598,254,61,5494,60,10600,82],"class_list":["post-10171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-dna","tag-fort-wayne","tag-genetic-testing","tag-genetics","tag-ie","tag-indiana","tag-ireland","tag-parkview-health","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}