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• Thought for the Day: What would prevent you from taking preventative action?

  Published: August 29, 2007, 2:00 am

  Tags: Act, Brca1, Brca2, Breast Cancer, Breastcancer, Cancer, Gene, Genetic, Mutation, Prevent, Quebec, Risk

  cancers. Women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations have a higher risk of developing cancer, prompting many women to either have their breast or ovaries removed. Two thirds of women in Quebec took no preventative actions after learning of their risk, while only one third failed to take preventative steps in the rest of the country. So, my

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• Children and Genetics

  Published: January 30, 2008, 12:19 pm

  Tags: Genetics, Health, Asd, Asperger, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brca1 2, Children, Family, Huntington Disease, Mothers, Pdd Nos, Prenatal Testing, Psychology

  whether genetic testing for BRCA1/2 should be permitted for minors?. What will it mean for families and relatives of autistic children to know that they might “carry” some of the genes that have so far been connected to autism? Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism spectrum disorder, brca1/2, children, Family, Genetics, huntington

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