NY Times Article: New Genetic Testing Makes it Easier to Predict Afib Risk From an article in the NY Times today: Clues to Your Health Are Hidden at 6.6 Million Spots in Your DNA: QuoteScientists have created a powerful new tool to calculate a person’s inherited risks for heart disease, breast cancer and three other serious conditions. By surveying changes in DNA at 6.6 million places in the human genome, investigators at the Broad Institute and Harvard University were able to identify many more people at risk than do the usual genetic tests, which take into account very few genes. QuoteThe researchers are now building a website that will allow anyone to upload genetic data from a company like 23andMe or Ancestry.com. Users will receive risk scores for heart disease, breast cancer, Type 2 diabetes, chronic inflammatory bowel disease and atrial fibrillation. People will not be charged for their scores. https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,164280,164280#msg-164280 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:17:25 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,164280,164280#msg-164280 NY Times Article: New Genetic Testing Makes it Easier to Predict Afib Risk https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,164280,164280#msg-164280 Clues to Your Health Are Hidden at 6.6 Million Spots in Your DNA:

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Scientists have created a powerful new tool to calculate a person’s inherited risks for heart disease, breast cancer and three other serious conditions.

By surveying changes in DNA at 6.6 million places in the human genome, investigators at the Broad Institute and Harvard University were able to identify many more people at risk than do the usual genetic tests, which take into account very few genes.

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The researchers are now building a website that will allow anyone to upload genetic data from a company like 23andMe or Ancestry.com. Users will receive risk scores for heart disease, breast cancer, Type 2 diabetes, chronic inflammatory bowel disease and atrial fibrillation.

People will not be charged for their scores.
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