{"id":4899,"date":"2016-10-31T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T16:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2016-10-31T12:12:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T16:12:30","slug":"genetic-testing-fumbles-revealing-dark-side-of-precision-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4899","title":{"rendered":"Genetic testing fumbles, revealing \u2018dark side\u2019 of precision medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for STAT)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">E<\/span>nthusiasm for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/07\/07\/precision-medicine-barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">precision medicine<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/01\/30\/remarks-president-precision-medicine\" target=\"_blank\">from the White House<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">2<\/sup>\u00a0down to everyday physicians, is at an all-time high. But serious problems with the databases used to interpret patients\u2019 genetic profiles can lead to \u201cinappropriate treatment\u201d with \u201cdevastating consequences,\u201d researchers at the Mayo Clinic warned on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/10\/31\/genetic-testing-precision-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Enthusiasm for precision medicine1,\u00a0from the White House2\u00a0down to everyday physicians, is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4900,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}