Tests for heart-disease risk could be misleading

Genetic variants may not really be linked to heart troubles after all.

A study looking at 85 genetic variations thought to be linked to heart disease — some of which are already used in clinical tests — has been unable to confirm that any of these links are real.

Read the story here.

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Tests for heart-disease risk could be misleading

Genetic variants may not really be linked to heart troubles after all.

A study looking at 85 genetic variations thought to be linked to heart disease — some of which are already used in clinical tests — has been unable to confirm that any of these links are real.

Read the story here.

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