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Orchid Guides

Company blog · guides.orchidhealth.comhealthscience

Orchid Guides is the company blog at guides.orchidhealth.com, writing about health and science. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2021–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Orchid's guides cover genetics, fertility and family planning, including embryo screening. The one HN comment is a promotional mention of Orchid's monogenic screening, linking a guide without judging its writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The Orchid Guides library: long-form articles on genetic testing, IVF, embryo screening, hereditary disease, and family-building. Plus podcast conversations with leaders in fertility, AI, and biotech.

What Hacker News says?

  1. If you're using GP, they don't do monogenic screening like the hereditary cancers described here (it's an assay that's good for GRS but can't do monogenics). Orchid does monogenic screening though[1], you can get in touch. [1] https://guides.orchidhealth.com/post/embryo-screening-and-he...

    Comment linking /post/embryo-screening-and-hereditary-cancer

    on “First Blood Test for Dozens of Hereditary Cancers Approved by FDA”
  2. Submitted Polygenic embryo screening and your family as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Orchid launches first whole genome embryo reports as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted New genetic testing system for couples as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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