Genetic Testing

This is an interesting thread, i must say. I am not sure as to i would go for it or not. I am in medical profession and have seen and known the increasing corruption going on in it. So the vialibility of this Genetic Tests is still doubtful. I would rather work on a healthful life as far as possible. That is more more convincing , i guess. Thanks for the reference. I have heard a lot about the book. will like to read it. Is it a thriller involving medical profession?

As for me, I don't like to undergo such genetic testing. We get diseases in so many ways, not so much because of genetics. And if it is genetically, I don't think that could be avoided because they are in the genes. I would just eat properly and do things properly to avoid sickness as much as possible and if I become sick, then I'd look for the cure.

I was wondering about the implications of this testing. If the tests found out I had an inclination to diabetes, that there was a chance of me getting stomach or intestinal cancer, if I had a higher than average chance of having a heart attack, would I be denied health insurance or would my rates go up? It is all right if knowing this means they might have a treatment and give you a diet or an exercise program to prevent this, as long as they do not decide that since you would die at sixty-six anyway or whenever, they make sure that at sixty=six, you die.

Since I wouldn't change the way I am eating or exercising or not exercising, I wouldn't want to know.If I had to give up just one thing I am eating or doing to ,live longer, I wouldn't.In fact I wonder how many people would take the teat, believe in the results and stop living because the test said that they were going to die of a rare disease?I rather eat what I like and die sooner than not eat what I like and live longer.

I don't know. I think this is a good issue. I think if you could tell me I was at risk for certain diseases so I could be diligent in watching for them or getting tested for them yearly. That way you could catch them early especially in the case with cancer where catching it early is everything and often there are no symptoms that you are sick until its too late. I think that could be a good thing, but if it would effect insurance premiums or make people worry too much about a catching something that they might or might not get then that could be bad.

i would like to but on the other hand it could also be sort of scary to know that i could be prone to certain threats. love, apple.

I am not sure if I would take the test or not. I guess it would depend on whether they could stop you from getting them, if they are found.

It's an interesting discussion...I wonder if it's just a theory or entirely possible. I'm sure genetical studies could tell us a lot of things. I'd like to see testing introduced for couples hoping to have children. There are so many people out in the world having it off without any thought or care or sense of responsibility and abortion being so easy, I guess it will never happen.

I don't know if I have much faith in the medical profession to begin with...and like you said and indicated how would one know how accurate the tests were anyway...And what I can't help thinking..say you were told that because of these tests, it was found out that you were at risk for some disease later on...so how is that really going to help, and couldn't it make a person dwell on it too much? And it could be a case of the chicken and the egg...what I mean is by supposedly knowing you were at risk for a disease in the future, and one constantly thought about it, could one risk the chance of "attracting" it to them--since you know how much I'm into the law of attraction, could one actually talk themselves into getting that disease? And that would be an ironic twist...suppose the test results were mixed?? And the results weren't for that particular person but for someone else, yet that person got the disease instead?? Something to think about, no?

I find this question laughable. How can someone know what diseases they will get, if any, later on in life? How much more information do we need as citizens for people to keep interfering in our personal business? It is up to the individual people themselves to determine if they get sick or not! sunny waters

I know I have a genetic condition and no, I won't be tested and I won't have my kids tested either. The reason? Insurance. I don't trust the insurance companies. I can just see my kids being denied coverage for anything having to do with this condition -- and that is most of them. My doctor wanted me to be tested and I kept ignoring his request. I think he finally figured out that I can get treatment without having it nailed down for exactly what it is. It's also fortunate that the local pediatricians don't document formally what we all have so that we can get treatment as needed. Just one of the meds. my life literally depends on costs $1,300 US every month. Without the insurance coverage I wouldn't see my birthday next month and I haven't reached 50 yet. If you can possibly avoid genetic testing, avoid it! Don't trust the insurance companies not to kill you to save some money.

I will not accept the genetic testing.As far as I see, everyone likes superise. The disesse ia aslo a kind of supersie,but negative one.If you know the result, but there is no way to solve it, how can you live the life? In order to be happy with the life, just be happy to do what you want to do , to go where you want to go and be kind to the friends and relatives.If one day, you say Goodbye to the world,you will feel satisfied with yourself.

I would like to tonsent to geneting test to find out wath genetic diseases my sons can have in the future because of me