Demo: Disease Risk: Pros & Cons

Reasons to learn results

Health benefits

  • If I learn I am at increased risk for heart disease, I can work to improve my diet and exercise.
  • I would know if I should see a doctor more often for screening.

Life planning

  • I might live life differently.
  • It may influence my decision about having children.

Reasons not to learn results

  • My diet or exercise habits may not change after learning genetic research results.
  • If there is no cure, I may not want to know my disease risk.
  • I cannot fully plan for these kinds of health problems.
  • I could become upset from learning genetic research results.

My46 is an innovative web-based tool that enables individuals to manage their own genetic testing results.

Your genome is your entire genetic code or all of the DNA in a cell.

What My46 Means

Most human cells have 46 chromosomes that provide the genetic instructions for a body to live, grow, and develop.

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