A quote from the BBC article.
"The FDA said it was particularly concerned about the potential health consequences of false positive or false negative assessments by the PGS for genetic risk related to breast cancer and to adverse drug responses.
It said consumers might make important health decisions based on inaccurate information. Likewise, a false negative could result in a failure to recognise and act on an actual risk"
you see this is the root of the problem, the authorities don't like the public having information like this, they don't trust them...............They want to keep them ill-informed(or only receiving info via govt approved sources) and most important of all folllow programs like sheep.
They really need to wake up - the technology is here - those who want to access it will, the others will do whatever.
Via this test I was shown to have an increased risk for breast cancer, did this make me run to the doc - er no......
I will continue on with the screening program and self check regularly, nothings changed.
Okay so if someone was shown to have a decreased risk - would that make them drop out of the screening program and stop self checking? er no..........
People can act sensibly, do have common sense, and are able to take some control over their health - governments should wake up to that.
And yes if I was offered the drug for Hep C which the test says is contra-indicated for me , I would refuse it, the onus is then on the health authorities to prove why it would be safe.
Oh dear more work for them instead of re-designing manager's office they'd have to do some proper health work........
"The FDA said it was particularly concerned about the potential health consequences of false positive or false negative assessments by the PGS for genetic risk related to breast cancer and to adverse drug responses.
It said consumers might make important health decisions based on inaccurate information. Likewise, a false negative could result in a failure to recognise and act on an actual risk"
you see this is the root of the problem, the authorities don't like the public having information like this, they don't trust them...............They want to keep them ill-informed(or only receiving info via govt approved sources) and most important of all folllow programs like sheep.
They really need to wake up - the technology is here - those who want to access it will, the others will do whatever.
Via this test I was shown to have an increased risk for breast cancer, did this make me run to the doc - er no......
I will continue on with the screening program and self check regularly, nothings changed.
Okay so if someone was shown to have a decreased risk - would that make them drop out of the screening program and stop self checking? er no..........
People can act sensibly, do have common sense, and are able to take some control over their health - governments should wake up to that.
And yes if I was offered the drug for Hep C which the test says is contra-indicated for me , I would refuse it, the onus is then on the health authorities to prove why it would be safe.
Oh dear more work for them instead of re-designing manager's office they'd have to do some proper health work........