An Educated Medical Consumer: On Personal DNA Testing

June 1, 2010

Lately it seems like we’re wired to want information. In the health sphere, we just can’t get enough. At the national level, the HITECH act would save our system, or at least give it some needed blood. Evidence-based medicine is all there is: data or die. At the personal level, knowing, or at least gauging all those glucose peaks and pressure dips might just make us feel better. Or maybe all these gadgets just make us feel like we’re in control of our bodies and health, even when we’re not. (Huffington Post)