Friday, February 16, 2007

Health Care Marketplace | Kaiser Permanente Launches Long-Term Project To Collect Genetic Data on Members - Kaisernetwork.org

Health Care Marketplace Kaiser Permanente Launches Long-Term Project To Collect Genetic Data on Members - Kaisernetwork.org:

"the Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health -- include cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, asthma, diabetes and reproductive problems (Peyton Dahlberg, Sacramento Bee, 2/15). Similar studies are 'planned or are under way in Great Britain, Iceland, Japan and Estonia, but the Kaiser membership study appears to stand out both for its size and ethnic diversity in the United States,' the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Hall, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/15)."

This is a massive study dealing with heart disease.

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