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Home genetic tests, how much do you really want to know
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/13568e7e-2865-411a-9c3c-9066e0f6deea/8491F13D-4362-4C88-A547-30BA4B052862/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.independent.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html"><P>Home genetic tests now claim to reveal if you’re at risk of cancer, or diabetes, or mental illness. But how accurate are they? And how much do you really want to know?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.independent.co.uk/img/89E5FD65-3BD3-4986-B314-07D6070DE583" alt="null" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html"><P>A round 2 per cent of the population will suffer from bipolar disorder at some point in their lives. That doesn't sound much. But what if there were a test which would tell you that you were likely to be one of those who will go on to develop it. Would you take it?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html">Once genetic testing was the province of medical professionals. But now you can do it in the anonymity of your own home. And depression is only the start of it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/features/home-genetic-tests-how-much-do-you-really-want-to-know-864572.html">But a backlash has now begun. 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