The American Medical Association administration recommends that genetic testing be carried out under the personal supervision of a qualified health care professional, but the lines get a bit gray in between what is actual clinical credible data and what is still science. Education of both the physicians...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Science, AMA, DNA Testing, Sequencing, Lab Tests, genetic counselors
We all recently heard about the warning letters sent from the state of California to firms selling online personal DNA sequencing over the Internet, and requiring a physician’s prescription for the service. One company DeCode, has taken the letter to heart and is revising their marketing plant...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 07-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, Sequence, Pharmacogenomics, Diagnostics, CPT, DeCode