Faster Breast Cancer, Alzheimers, and Parkinson's Disease Detection

A company out of Houston, Power 3 Medical Products, have pioneered a low cost, simple blood tests to detect Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's' Disease, and Parkinson's Disease 6-10 years before signs become known. These blood tests detect irregular proteins that have been linked to the conditions. For example, "Women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes run a greater risk of developing breast cancer", so these tests detect those genes early. The tests are still being approved but early tests have shown promising results. This would allow people to test for these conditions before the peak time in which the condition is normally known and shown. For women, mammograms are a very painful way of detecting breast cancer. This test would be pain free and used earlier in life. I chose this article because these conditions are very common and with these tests being able to detect them earlier would make every one's life better. Whether it was you that was detected of having something or a family member.

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