At-home genetic testing

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Who needs eight years of medical training?

http://www.detnews.com/2005/health/0503/07/A02-109401.htm

For me:

Potential pros:
-could act as a sort of 'preventive medicine'
-it is safe from insurance companies

Potential cons:
-accuracy?
-even if you have a mutated gene, what is the percent correlation with developing the disease?
-more patients telling doctors what is wrong with them and what they need to treat it. (a la carte = McMedicine)

Any other opinions about this out there?
 
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