Yes there is a genomics based test for this now, male and female. Inquiring minds want to know. If the answer comes back yes, then get a hold of some Propecia ©. If you have the gene variant, you have approximately a 70% chance of going bald, and the same in reverse if you do not have...
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on 10-28-2008
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In this interview article McKesson discusses visualization and showing the physicians the information they that need to know at the point of decision making at the point of care. The EHR will have to support genetic knowledge. They are working with Proventys to create an integrated product...
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on 10-09-2008
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I would say genomics and personalized medicine is a very hot topic and developing fast, based on 4 machines being ordered from Singapore. Just this week Stanford university ordered their single sequencing machines from Helicos. Stay tuned and there’s plenty of sequencing and personalized...
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on 10-09-2008
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This article states part of the reporting system will include information on the willingness of a doctor to use genetic testing, well first of all we need to help the doctors to bring this full circle with the integration into the clinical side of this, as I have spoken to many MDs and they are aware...
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on 10-06-2008
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How hot is genomics today? There are several manufacturers of the machines that will accomplish running our DNA, our complete DNA. I know to the average person this gets a little confusing, but the companies listed here are the companies that manufacture the machines that do the entire work...
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on 09-25-2008
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Genomics is back on the list for Congress, with creating an additional new agency and a focus on collecting the necessary information to allow research and development. Also included would be guidelines and rules related to genetic and pharmacogenomic tests to bring both Pharma and medical...
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on 09-12-2008
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If you want to do some reading up on the topic, this site may offer some help, along with the upcoming conference to be held here in the Los Angeles area in October. As posted recently there are plans for many of the service companies, such as 23andMe , Navigenics , DeCode, LabCorp , and perhaps...
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on 09-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Physician, personalized medicine, Genomics, Cancer, Pharmacogenomics, Patients, Genonimic Testing, Human Genome Project, Genomic Counseling, Lab Tests