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People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and colleagues at other institutions.
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Personal genetic testing does not lead to an increased use of health services, a new study finds.
Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com Recently, genetic tests have been on the rise and are offered by more and more commercial producers. While there are many opportunities for people to participate in genetic testing, this doesn’t necessarily mean that people are following up on those services. These are the results found in a study that is published in the May 17 issue of Genetics in Medicine . The ...
Medical experts feared personal genetic test results might drive overuse of expensive medical care
People have more and more chances to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up- or diminish-test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a new study in the May 17, 2012 early online issue of Genetics in Medicine.
( NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute ) People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range of risk for developing a disease. Receiving these results does not appreciably drive up or diminish test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a study performed by researchers at the National Institutes ...
Receiving results of genetic testing doesn't appreciably drive up -- or diminish -- test recipients' demand for potentially costly follow-up health services, according to a new study in the May 17, 2012, early online issue of Genetics in Medicine. The study was conducted by researchers with the Multiplex Initiative, a multi-center collaborative initiative involving investigators from the ...
SALT LAKE CITY, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lineagen today announced the Company completed the testing portion of a 9,000-person research study designed to confirm novel copy number genetic variants and ...
Pathway Genomics Corporation, a genetic testing laboratory, now offers a health coaching service through a national non-profit organization. Provided by Healthy Adventures Foundation, the health coaching service is currently available as an addition to Pathway Genomics’ premier genetic testing service, Pathway Fit®, which tests for food metabolism and exercise response and is available through ...
Kristen Powers, 18, gets a kiss from her dog after feeding it before heading to school at Chapel Hill High in North Carolina. Kristen has decided she is going to be tested to find out if she has Huntington’s Disease.