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08/22/2007: "Future diseases now predictable through genetic test"

Because they can map an individual's DNA, researchers now use a simple blood test to check for different genetic flaws that often give rise to the eight treatable diseases that kill and cost the most, including skin, lung and colon cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease.

"We could identify people who are at risk early in their life long before they become overweight or become inactive or start smoking," said Colleen McBride of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

[ Get the bad news early. You will soon be required to take these for insurance purposes. Higher profits that way. Still believe capitalism and democracy are more "human" than fascism? Guess again, grasshopper! ]

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3506203&page=1/