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Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing is Often Wrong

Peter Simons - April 10, 2018 2

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has an “alarmingly high” 40% false-positive rate.

In the News

Psych Drugs May Increase Likelihood of Death in Schizophrenia

December 1, 2024

Study Links Adverse Childhood Experiences to Lower Mental Well-being in University...

November 27, 2024

Early Life Trauma Linked to Difficult-to-Treat Depression

November 26, 2024

Magic Mushrooms with psychedelic colors in laboratory. Psilocybin science and research. Person examining fungi.

Researchers Critique Psychiatry’s Flimsy Evidence for Psychedelic Drugs

November 25, 2024

Blogs

Portrait of Primeval Caveman Wearing Animal Skin and Fur Hunting with a Stone Tipped Spear in the Prehistoric Forest. Prehistoric Neanderthal Hunter Ready to Throw Spear in the Jungle

Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the...

November 30, 2024

Ward 362: On Meeting People in Sorrow

November 29, 2024

Close-up of hands, sunlight between them, above tiny growing pink flowers

A Bicultural Māori/European Vision for a Truly Healing Hospital

November 28, 2024

A man hiding behind a large wooden table, only his head and hands showing

The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood...

November 27, 2024