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Most people are aware that adding greens to their daily diet can provide health benefits, but they probably don’t know exactly why these super foods can make a difference. Leafy greens have been popularized mostly for being rich in vitamins and minerals like vitamin C, vitamin E, B vitamins, iron, magnesium and potassium. Also touted for their antioxidant activity, both …
**This article also appears on Caredash.com The field of genetics has heated up in the last few years, and the development of personalized genetic testing has driven this revolution. These tests allow doctors to analyze your DNA to create a personalized wellness plan. A number of companies, such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com, advertise DNA testing. People initially ordered these tests to …
In the era of evolving technology in business, it is certainly time that medical science endured a radical medical technology overhaul. Well, that appears to be happening right now. In President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address, he announced the Precision Medicine Initiative to highlight support of research and clinical application of the intersection between lifestyle, environment and genetics. …
A SNP (pronounced “snip”) is a single nucleotide polymorphism to be exact. Ok, that doesn’t help at all, right? A basic overview on genetics is necessary to really understand SNPs. For simplicity, these are the key pieces: Your genetic code is built with DNA. The smallest building blocks of DNA are called nucleotides. A nucleotide contains a base attached to …
