Articles Tagged “genetics”

  • Angelina’s Mastectomy & Media’s Lobotomy

    by Chris Kanthan on Jun 21, 2013 | 1 Comment

    Angelina Jolie’s decision to get a preventative double mastectomy was covered by the media in a very unusual way – a lot of the coverage was very emotional, and some of it misleading. Because of this high-profile event, it is reasonable to predict that many more women will now sign up for genetic testing, and some of them are going to end up having preventative mastectomies

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