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Internet Tracks Family Health History, But Share With Discretion

Today’s medical technology breakthroughs continue to amaze. Using experimental procedures, radical treatments and new pharmaceutical drugs, doctors can treat patients like never before. Despite being armed with all this knowledge and options for treatment, some people are predisposed to illness by their genetics. Sometimes, that’s just the hand you’re dealt. I recently read the book The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine by Francis S. Collins. It’s one of the best nonfiction books I’ve read, as it’s made me appreciate more than ever the connection between...

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