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Sunday, June 9, 2013

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Vegetable oil is good for you, experts say

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:28 PM PDT

Since the 1970s, researchers have known that lineolic acid (LA) helps reduce blood cholesterol levels, and for decades, scientists have known that consuming LA can help lower the risk of heart disease. However, some experts have been claiming recently that Americans might be getting too much of a good thing. A new study contradicts that claim.

Significant under-use of genetic testing for inherited cancers puts health of entire families at risk

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:25 PM PDT

French researchers who carried out the first-ever national study of the take-up of genetic testing for BRCA1 and 2 and MMR (Lynch syndrome) mutations have found that, although there had been a steady increase in tests performed for the cancer-causing mutations BRCA1 and BRCA2, this was not the case with the MMR mutation, where the numbers undergoing the test are still tiny. Only a third of relatives of individuals with either mutation underwent genetic testing themselves.

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