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Would you want to know if you might develop a progressive neurologic disease? Neurologists grapple with this issue in those with a family history of Huntington disease, and the agonizing decision to perform genetic testing … or not. Some of us want to know potential health risks, but others would rather not. If interventions could prevent, delay, or lessen the severity of a chronic illness, biomarker testing would likely become routine in an effort to initiate protective therapy, improve health, and decrease future health care dollars spent. Biomarkers offer a way to detect predestination.
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