Day: May 11, 2017

Of the 48 major categories of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic and genomic tests available to consumers, the tests for ancestry dominate the number of people and tests being done, followed far behind by those for health-related general information. By some estimates in the US alone more than 5 million individuals have had their genomes sequenced for … Read more

This week an article in JAMA reported that about a third of all new drugs approved by FDA in the 10 year period from 2001-2010 had “safety events” after approval which led  to about 1% of the drugs being withdrawn from market. This number may be concerning to some, but a careful review of the … Read more