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Mojitos and an MRI: Meet the Americans who are getting health screenings on vacation
Americans are saving thousands of dollars by leaving the country for their health screenings and me…
Manisha Krishnan
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An at-home DNA test promises to tell you what strain of weed is best for you, and what kind will make you paranoid
Endocanna Health offers a DNA test that tells you how to use cannabis better based on your genetic …
Andrea Michelson
7 mins read
This Start-up Provides Genetic Screening For Newborns, Adults; To Raise Series A Funding In 2-3 Months
As for newborn screening, parents get the kit as soon as they register and after the birth of the b…
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DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Genome Medical launches genetic services for employers - Microsoft working on sequencing the immune system - Fitbit investment points to glucose monitoring
FITBIT INVESTMENT COULD POINT TO GLUCOSE MONITORING: Fitness tracker company Fitbit has invested $6…
Ayoub Aouad,Peter Newman
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A new company plans to offer $25,000 genetic health screenings for the super-rich
Zimmer and others also pointed out that with all that genetic data, you might want some genetic cou…
Tanya Lewis
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Apple is reportedly rolling out a new perk for employees: free genetic testing at its on-site wellness clinics
Apple won't have access to workers' genetic test results, even though they're subsidized and carrie…
Aaron Holmes
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31. Bill Nye the GMO Guy
When Bill Nye The Science Guy visited Monsanto, he was skeptical of genetically modified foods, or …
Amy Pedulla,Dan Bobkoff,Jenni…
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The golden age of at-home genetic testing may be over - but it's still a critical part of one of the biggest trends in how people will be traveling in 2020
Independent tour operators have also hopped on the ancestry travel bandwagon with new heritage-base…
Melissa Wiley
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The genetic testing business is stuck in a slump. We spoke to industry giants Ancestry and 23andMe about how they're preparing for a comeback.
And then there's the issue of what to do once you get health-related results. While there are clear…
Lydia Ramsey
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From suicide prevention to genetic testing, there's a widening disconnect between Silicon Valley health-tech and outside experts who see red flags
Take Juul, which is now the top seller of e-cigarettes in the US. When the San Francisco company la…
Erin Brodwin
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A startup that promised to use genetics to help people conceive shut down its lab and laid off employees after it failed to raise funding. In a new lawsuit, it blames 23andMe.
In 2016, Celmatix signed a deal to work with 23andMe to expand our knowledge of fertility and genet…
Lydia Ramsey
6 mins read
The FDA Wants 23andMe To Stop Selling Its Genetic Testing Kits
Some of the uses for which PGS is intended are particularly concerning, such as assessments for BRC…
Megan Rose Dickey
7 mins read
Inside Forward's failed attempt to revolutionize the doctor's office with AI
Forward shuttered after raising $650 million for its AI doc-in-a-box. This is the definitive story …
Rebecca Torrence,Rob Price
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AI doctor's offices at the mall and gym will let you test your own blood — with no trained medics onsite
AI doctor pods are on the horizon. Forward says its AI-powered CarePods can detect diseases and eve…
Aaron Mok
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Bruce Willis is 'not totally verbal' and has lost his 'joie de vivre' since his dementia diagnosis, says 'Moonlighting' creator
Bruce Willis' family shared earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with the degenerative cond…
Eve Crosbie,Rachel Hosie
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I had breast cancer twice before 40 and found it through self-exam. The updated mammogram guidelines will save lives.
Updated mammogram guidelines recommending breast cancer screening at 40 will save lives, says survi…
Rachel Garlinghouse
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Girl with rare deadly disease receives revolutionary million-dollar gene-therapy drug – but it is too late for her older sister
Young sisters Teddi and Nala Shaw from the UK both have late-infantile MLD, an inherited genetic di…
Isobel van Hagen
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Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aneurysm, his wife said, adding there was 'nothing nefarious' about his death in Qatar
"His death was unrelated to COVID. His death was unrelated to vaccination status," Wahl's wife, Dr.…
Natalie Musumeci,Meredith Cash
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A woman went to ER with shoulder pain. She was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread and died 25 days later.
The woman's lung cancer hadn't spread to her shoulder, but doctors believe that her pain came from …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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A woman who faces 'daily hate' for a TikTok about spending $25,000 to clone her dead pet cat said she has no regrets
Kelly Anderson, based in Austin Texas, said she cloned her cat, Chai, using a service provided by V…