Genetic testing doesn't spook patients, study finds

Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 00:20 in Health & Medicine

Shedding light on the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes or cancer does not tend to trigger extreme anxiety. But it also doesn't push seem to people to make significant lifestyle changes.When Mike Godfrey's employer put out a call for recruits for a study on genetic testing, he hesitated before volunteering to hand over a swab of his saliva.

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