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Sergey Brin's blog (?)

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Re: Sergey Brin's blog (?)

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Post by rms »

>I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's).

You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy.

Re: Sergey Brin's blog (?)

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Post by darragjm »

Mistone wrote: post #4
andreyf wrote: post #3

I'm not sure how to avoid sounding insensitive, but it seems like an ad for his wife's company...

which is under investigation from the the CA Dept of Health, cant find the link but read it a few months ago.

According to a TechCrunch article:

"California’s Department of Public Health has issued cease and desist letters to 13 genetic testing startups - most notably 23andMe, which Michael [Arrington] tried out earlier this year. The C&D’s are mandating that the labs demonstrate that they have been certified by both the state and federal government, and, perhaps more importantly, that all genetic tests were ordered by a patient’s doctor, which is required by state law."

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/17/cease-and-desist-califo...

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Post by aneesh »

andreyf wrote: post #3

I'm not sure how to avoid sounding insensitive, but it seems like an ad for his wife's company...

If this is his personal blog, I don't see what's wrong with that.

Paul Graham can promote YC in his essays, so why can't Brin promote something he believes in on his personal blog.

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Post by bootload »

rms wrote: post #5

>I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's). You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy.

"... You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy. ..."

But if you charge "X" dollars to screen people for say Alzheimer's, something they may get 20 years before symptoms arise? The current population is say 25M worldwide expected to rise to 81M by 2040 ~ http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2364899.htm Though there are tests currently being trialled to test for beta amyloids in blood.

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