Testing genes for future risks
High-tech procedure can help determine likelihood of disease
Last year, Penny Jankovich was diagnosed with cancer in both breasts. A month after undergoing a lumpectomy, Jankovich, who was adopted and unaware of her biological family's medical history, received a genetic risk assessment to determine whether she carried the gene that would give her a greater than 70 percent chance of recurrence of breast and ovarian cancer. Full Story
Your saliva could hold clues about health problems
The next time you spit, consider this: Your saliva might one day be used to diagnose or prevent a heart attack. Full Story
HOLISTIC HEALTH NOTEBOOK
Summer doldrums
The season has definitely passed and we are into the summer doldrums. It is a difficult transition, isn't it? During season, stress hormones are pumping, you are working long hours, and are busy, busy, busy. Tourists and snow birds are happy to be here. It is a reunion of old friends. Full Story
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