As a physician with many years in private practice, I’ve always valued tools that helped me care for my patients on an ongoing basis. Everyone’s health is prone to vary over time, so there is definite benefit to new science that highlights change.
That’s why a key aspect of the Navigenics genetic health service – ongoing updates – is so important. When Navigenics analyzes a person’s DNA, the findings don’t stop with that first genetic report. As new genetic research findings pass our rigorous scientific scrutiny, we bring our members additional information about their current conditions and new ones.
This process means that our members’ DNA results stay current with the latest and best genetic science.
This week, we’ve started providing our members their personal genetic insights into two additional conditions:
- Brain aneurysm, a dangerous bulge in an artery in the brain that can be life threatening if it ruptures. Aneurysms often go undetected until they rupture, but if you know your risk, you and your doctor can draft a plan to lower your risk or detect an aneurysm early.
- Diffuse stomach cancer, which often doesn’t show symptoms until the disease is in an advanced, less treatable stage. If you know your risk, you can protect yourself by changing your diet and working with your physician on other preventive measures, including consideration of regular screenings.
Beyond adding these two new conditions, we’ve also updated our members’ existing genetic results with additional DNA insights into celiac disease and colon cancer.
If you are a Navigenics member, or a physician using the Navigenics service in your practice, and have any questions about these new DNA results, our board-certified Genetic Counselors are available at your convenience. And if you are a physician interested in how the Navigenics genetic health service might become a part of the care you provide your patients, please feel free to contact our medical staff.
green Nov 8, 2008
Interesting. Maybe soon genetics will be able to foresee our death?
I think now many illnesses will be prevented.