Are you and your primary care doc ready to talk about your DNA?
 

If you have a genetic mutation that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition, would you want to know? For many people the answer is yes. But such information is not commonly part of routine primary care.

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Re: Are you and your primary care doc ready to talk about your DNA?
 

Hmmm, well a very interesting article. By way of disclosure, I am no fan of Geisinger. That said, my initial thought upon reading this is that it is a great tool to inform people, hopefully in time to make changes that may avert or lessen their genetic propensity toward a given disease. However, the nagging question is who will receive this information? How will insurance companies react should this information be available to them? I am not just reserving this line of thinking to health insurance providers, but also to life insurance companies. Do we truly trust that our DNA sequencing will remain private?