Karen Iris Tucker


Sandra Bernhard Shows Her Softer Side

By Karen Iris Tucker

Sandra Bernhard Shows Her Softer Side
Sandra Bernhard is beloved for her withering onstage attacks. She’s more spiritual these days, trading kabbalah for shul, and building a home with her ‘cold WASP-y’ girlfriend.Read More

A Tremor in the Research Force

By Karen Iris Tucker

A Tremor in the Research Force
Genetics has long been thought to play a relatively minor role when it comes to the development of Parkinson’s disease. So it came as a surprise to the medical community five years ago when Dr. Susan Bressman and her colleagues at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York reported that a single genetic mutation in a gene called LRRK2 accounted for a significant portion of all cases of Parkinson’s disease among Ashkenazi Jews.Read More

Therapy Shows Promise in Trials for Hereditary Cancer Patients

By Karen Iris Tucker

An emerging therapy that attacks cancer cells continues to show promise, most recently in two international studies on women who have breast and ovarian cancer and are carriers of cancer-causing mutations particularly prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews.Read More

Experts: Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Still Lags

By Karen Iris Tucker

When Wendy Mailman’s mother, Eloyce, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last February, her concerned daughter immediately began scouring the Internet for information.Read More

Can Testing Ever Be a Mistake?

By Karen Iris Tucker

Even when given the option of free or low-cost genetic testing, there are some who have consciously decided against it out of fear that the results could lead to discrimination from insurance companies or employers.Read More



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