[ExI] FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe to Halt DNA Test Service

[Brian Manning Delaney]

El 2013-11-27 21:34, Adrian Tymes escribió:

> A better and more relevant example: what if your digging turns out to be
> wrong, and c4 carriers' minimum risk is greater than average?

That's a risk that attends all consultations with Dr. Google, Dr. 
PubMed, etc.

> And what if 23andMe tells you specifically that you need to drink more
> or less than average, when in fact it's the opposite?  They're right
> that you're a c4-carrier, but not what it means.

Well, 23andMe /does/ make a lot of health recommendations, but the recs. 
are very conservative, and phrased very conservatively. Not, "you need 
to", but, for ex., under Alzheimer's (and this is what they tell 
ε4-carriers /and/ non-carriers, I see now -- I manage several accounts):

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Eat right

A healthy, low-fat diet can not only help you maintain healthy weight 
and cholesterol, but can also help reduce your risk of Alzheimer's.
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There are a lot of complicated legal questions here, and I am definitely 
not convinced that what the FDA is doing is wrong (or right). But my 
tentative conclusion is that they should be putting their limited 
resources into serious fraud, which abounds in the U.S., and which they 
probably won't find much of at 23andMe.

Brian