I know it seems silly to congratulate you for being healthy, but
congrats anyway - I know how it feels!
2013/5/18, Carol Moore DC <carolmooredc(a)verizon.net>et>:
Yes, I kept thinking the doctors who talked her into
this are monsters.
Then saw another article on that topic and read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1#Patents.2C_enforcement.2C_litigation.2C_…
Good place to add a WP:RS on that topic.
(And my first mammogram in 6 years came back good today. Yeah!)
On 5/17/2013 2:50 AM, Jane Darnell wrote:
Hmm, there seems to be much more behind this
scary story about Jolie:
http://www.naturalnews.com/040365_Angelina_Jolie_gene_patents_Supreme_Court…
I didn't know you could patent a gene and reading between the lines, I
think it's a tragedy for Jolie and her family. It's true that it's an
impressive PR stunt though - check the stats pn the Jolie article and
the BRCA1 article, which links to the lawsuit in the lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Molecular_Pathology_v._Myriad_…
2013/5/15, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>om>:
> It would be nice if someone could make an analysis of the presence &
> depth (treatment, protocol, prevention) of articles on breast cancer
> vs prostate cancer on Wiki(p/m)edia, as both are becoming about the
> same threat in terms of live expectancy after diagnosis. We could work
> from there on a to-do list.
>
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