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If you're worried about your chances of developing breast cancer, this doesn't mean you have to go under the knife like actress Angelina Jolie.
Genetic Testing Guidelines Under Fire
If you underwent a genetic test for a heart condition, but the test also revealed that you have a high risk of colon cancer, would you want to know? A respected scientific society says your doctor should tell you, but the group is receiving criticism for its recommendation that "incidental findings" of genetic tests be shared with patients.
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Natural News challenges Angelina Jolie to denounce corporate patents on human genes
Following recent revelations of how Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy P.R. stunt feeds into the profits of the trillion dollar industry which claims to own human genes, Natural News is now calling on Jolie to publicly denounce patents on human genes , including the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes she has now made famous.
The Medical Minute: Genetic testing for breast cancer risk
Actress Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had a double mastectomy after learning she had a genetic mutation that predisposes for breast cancer .
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Israel experts weigh in on Angelina Jolie mastectomy
"I think it is wonderful and courageous of her to be going public" says director of medical genetics department at J'lem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Will Jolie's announcement affect SCOTUS gene ruling? Probably not
Earlier this week the actress revealed that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after she tested positive for a gene that indicates an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer.
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Few women choosing to have preventative breast cancer surgery
EMILY BOURKE: The announcement by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, that she had a double mastectomy has shone a light on breast cancer and preventative treatments for the disease.
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Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt column, "My Medial Choice" for the New York Times Tuesday, detailing her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy at age 37.
The developmental genetics of space and time
Albert Erives, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Biology, and his graduate student, Justin Crocker, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus, have conducted a study that reveals important and useful insights into how and why developmental genes often take ... (more)
Jolie's mastectomy spurs interest
Kelly Morse, a counselor specializing in cancer genetics, talks about genetic testing in the lobby of the Hickman Cancer Center at Flower Hospital.
BRCA mutation the cause for cancer concern
Dr. Colin J. Wells reads mammograms at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles.
Boston docs: Given risk level, actress made right choice
Boston medical experts say the latest science backs up 37-year-old actress Angelina Jolie's bold, heartbreaking choice to undergo a double mastectomy.
From breast cancer to gay marriage, can court be moved?
Angelina Jolie's decision to get tested for a breast cancer gene mutation, undergo a double mastectomy and then write about it is the latest example of news that could affect Supreme Court justices' views.
Same musicians play a brand new tune: Unusual interplay of signaling...
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