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Can a genetic test predict if you will develop Type 2 diabetes?

  • Written by Mylynda Massart, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Can a genetic test predict if you will develop Type 2 diabetes?A woman uses a lancet on her finger to check her blood sugar level with a glucose meter.Behopeful/Shutterstock.com

When I got home after work I was surprised to find my husband and three children sitting by the television and watching the news. They had just learned that the direct to consumer genetic testing company 23andMe was now offering a...

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