The scientists are strongly behind this one now. It wasn’t always so. But people don’t seem to care..too much. The Federal Communications Commission announced this year it would review its maximum Specific Absorption Rate for cell phones. SAR is a measure…
Two issues here. 23andme’s marketing strategy changed dramatically in the recent past. It became “in your face” in a retail consumer manner, morphing quickly from a more subtle place. Genetic testing was more mainstream now than even a year…
More thinking on this subject. Over on The Economist website someone wrote in that United Healthcare is behind the FDA’s attack on 23andme. Apparently they have a long history of complaints about 23. And they have friends at the…
People have a right to all information about their bodies and health. Real stats, genetics, risks, things that can be done that don’t require paying someone in a white coat to do. It belongs to us. “They” can medicalize…