CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING POSES MANY RISKS

The Boston Globe;  February 16, 2003 ;   Simon H. Budman;   558 words ......or someone in your family to have genetic testing done for breast or ovarian cancer...informing the public that the option of genetic testing to help predict a serious disorder...members who have had breast cancer need genetic testing only raises fears and is likely to...

Genetic Testing: Policy Implications for Individuals and Their Families.

Families, Systems & Health;  March 22, 1999 ;   JOHNSON, ANN M. WILKINSON, DEBORAH SCHILD TAYLOR-BROWN, SUSAN;   787 words ......individuals and families considering genetic testing; these need to be addressed...policy. Greater access to genetic testing and greater financial incentives...include informed consent for genetic testing, testing of minors and, confidentiality...

Genetic screening faces lawsuits.(employers use of genetic testing of...

Business Insurance;  February 19, 2001 ;   CENICEROS, ROBERTO;   787 words ......Santa Fe Railroad Co. in implementing genetic testing of employees who file work injury...announced last week that it will end a genetic testing pilot program it implemented last...its first in an employment-related genetic testing case. The EEOC said it was seeking...

Genetic Testing Greeted With Mixed Emotions

Washington Informer;  June 14, 2000 ;   Laiscell, Ed;   746 words ......Ed Washington Informer 06-14-2000 Genetic Testing Greeted With Mixed Emotions Even as...researchers gathered at a public meeting on genetic testing earlier this year. "I want to commend...public consultation on the oversight of genetic testing," said Dr. Satcher. He said the ...

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Genetic Testing

The Washington Post;  March 22, 1998 ;   Phil Bereano; Richard Sclove;   787 words ......has a bold vision for the future of genetic testing. Before long, such tests "will enable...brave new world. The social dangers of genetic testing are not inevitable. But preventing...public understanding of the politics of genetic testing -- an understanding often obscured...

Insurers hot on genetic testing Screening issues raise concerns

Sunday Star-Times;  October 23, 2005 ;   SHEERAN GARRY;   597 words ...THE BRAVE new world of genetic testing seems likely to create an insurance...prominence since then, including genetic testing. But some insurers are already asking those who have had genetic testing done to hand over the results, although...

Genetic testing will create minefield for insurers.

M2 Presswire;  May 10, 2000 ;     667 words ......PRESSWIRE-10 May 2000-DATAMONITOR: Genetic testing will create minefield for insurers...analyst at Datamonitor, commented that genetic testing is a minefield for insurers and insured...that await insurers if they adopt genetic testing. As the pathways for expression of...

Genetic Testing Helping Cancer Survivors Fight For Their Loved Ones.

PR Newswire;  June 1, 2007 ;     787 words ......families from the disease through genetic testing and hereditary cancer risk assessment. Genetic testing offers early detection and the opportunity...risk of cancer, but to save lives. Genetic testing identifies whether or not an individual...

Fed: ACCC approves two year ban on genetic testing

AAP General News (Australia);  November 22, 2000 ;     293 words ......11-22-2000 Fed: ACCC approves two year ban on genetic testing CANBERRA, Nov 22 AAP - Genetic testing for life insurance has been put on hold...applicants to disclose the results of any genetic testing they have already undergone for medical...

Report on Genetic Testing for Susceptibility to Breast Cancer.

American Family Physician;  September 15, 1999 ;   ROSE, VERNA L.;   329 words ......Committee (HTAC) has published a report on genetic testing for susceptibility to breast cancer...sensitivity and specificity, and genetic testing and patient outcome. The background...breast cancer, cost-effectiveness of genetic testing and unresolved issues in genetic ...

Will genetic testing make or break the family way?

The Scotsman;  October 22, 1998 ;   THEA JOURDAN;   636 words ...GENETIC testing has not exactly won over the British...coming back from the brink and now genetic testing is being repackaged as the saviour...released a report which concludes that genetic testing could have an unexpected side-effect...

Consumer Perspectives on Genetic Testing: Implications for Building...

Families, Systems & Health;  June 22, 2000 ;   DAVIDSON, MARY E. WEINGARTEN, KATHY POLLIN, TONI I. WILSON, MARY ANN WILKER, NACHAMA HSU, NANCY WEISS, JOAN O.;   787 words ...Genetic testing can provide unique information about the certainties...experiences of consumers, who have already utilized genetic testing, is essential to creating appropriate genetic testing policies. Fam Syst & Health 18:217-235, 2000...

Fear of genetic testing.

United Press International;  October 25, 1999 ;     689 words ......may be keeping them from undergoing genetic testing that could, in some cases, save their...counselors shows while they favor genetic testing, even these professionals would want...counselors surveyed would still pursue genetic testing,'' she told United Press International...

FEAR OF GENETIC TESTING

United Press International;  October 22, 1999 ;     695 words ......Press International 10-22-1999 Fear of genetic testing SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 (UPI) _ People...may be keeping them from undergoing genetic testing that could, in some cases, save their...counselors shows while they favor genetic testing, even these professionals would want...

Regulators tread warily in debate over genetic testing. (National...

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  June 13, 1994 ;   Crosson, Cynthia;   728 words ......studying the potential use and impact of genetic testing by life and health insurers, according...Insurance, who chairs the newly formed genetic testing working group of the National Association...insurers are now known to be using genetic testing, legislative rumblings around the...