A friend has a parent who lives with Alzheimer’s disease. Because of her family history, she has been offered a blood test to assess her own risk for Alzheimer’s. How accurate are these types of tests – and how useful are they?
genetic testing
Shedding Light on Genetic Testing
In the Words of Dr. Philip Silverman • Majorie Nichlos Chair in Medical Research Learning your genetic “secrets” can be a deeply emotional issue. Can you live happily without knowing? Or not? You need to sort out how you’ll deal with it beforehand, because once you have the results, the “gene’s” out of the bottle. […]
