by Sean Neely | Aug 24, 2010 | Clinical Tests
Ovarian cancer is frequently a death sentence. Because it is found during stage 4 in a large percentage of cases, it is oftentoo late for treatments to be effective. Previous research has found that women with mutations in genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, genes which usually...
by Sean Neely | Aug 16, 2010 | Wellness
The medical profession today focuses on treating the symptoms of many diseases and disorders and not the causes. Certainly, this isn’t the case in all situations, but too many times, for example when diagnosticians cannot identify a specific disease, as in many...
by Sean Neely | Aug 3, 2010 | Clinical Tests, Wellness
A recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention suggest that there may be a link between the consumption of fish oil supplements and a reduced risk of breast cancer. The study consisted of postmenopausal women in Seattle, WA between the...
by Sean Neely | May 14, 2010 | DNA / Paternity, Wellness
According to MedPageToday, Walgreens has decided to hold off on selling Over-the-Counter Home Genetic Tests. Walgreens received an email from the FDA asking them to wait because they consider this test a medical device and it is therefore subject to regulation. A...
by Sean Neely | Mar 9, 2010 | Clinical Tests, DNA / Paternity
New research reported by the Alzheimer’s Association states that Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias may go unrecognized in African Americans and Hispanics who may not be as familiar with it and are less likely to get a formal diagnosis. This often...
