GENETIC JOURNAL
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Should Life Insurers Have Access to Genetic Test Results? And Should this Debate Make You Run and Hide from Genetic Testing?
This week JAMA published a viewpoint on whether life insurers should have access to genetic test results and, understandably, it unearthed some long-standing fears about genetic discrimination. We do have protection from some forms of such discrimination under the...
Why Google is Smart to Cover Genetic Testing for its Employees – and Why Your Company May Want to do the Same.
Internet giant Google announced last week that it will cover the cost of genetic tumor profiling for their employees (and their family members) who develop cancer. This type of genetic testing for cancer treatment, often called precision or personalized medicine,...
Did You Eat and Stress Yourself Into Getting Cancer?
Earlier this month, singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge appeared on the Dr. Oz show to discuss her 10-year breast cancer survivorship, her BRCA+ status, and her views on cancer development. Etheridge reiterated her views on prophylactic surgery for BRCA carriers,...