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- Insurance, risk, and genomics
Genomics is an area where knowledge of what we can do has preceded a clear understanding of what we should do.
- Genetic discrimination arising from cancer risk assessments: A societal dilemma
The right to privacy of one’s most intimate biological secrets must be affirmed.
- Genetic testing and health insurance: Can they coexist?
Many people are ambivalent about genetic testing, but the issues are fundamentally the same with any test, including a low-tech history and physical examination.
Whole-body CT screening for cancer and coronary disease: Does it pass the test?Computed tomography (CT) is not an ideal screening tool, but neither is any other test. Since CT screening is already in use, we should set standards for it, based on scientific criteria.