be the first for women and it will change how we practice medicine in this field. it is interesting it is coming in to look at the gene component. you may or may not need the patch smear. why change? why is this better? as david mentioned, this is a h an exciting shore talking about the gene that work for you, personalized medicine. another example is this, because i can tell if someones has the most aggressive kind of hpv virus that is more likely to cause cancer or you could have a more latent strain and i can tell you we could just watch it. the problem is, i don t think we can throw out patch patch tests yet. the american cancer society is saying use the pap testing every
welcome back, you go for the patch smear and that is to check for cervical cancer. the f.d.a. has a gene test for women as a stand alone alternate to the patch smear. the doctors will tell us about that. dr. samadi? the theme today is gene testing, and patch smears is testing for cervical cancer. there were 14 genes at risk. the screening starts at age of 21 and every three years you get a patch smear. depending what they find they will find out if it is cervical cancer. the new gene testing is not looking at the cells under the microscope but the gene component. the test has been a complement to the patch smear but it could
someone who specializes in the movement disorder d. neil: we can all get out and walk. guest: you can walk. and walk to the gym. imus: do you get paranoid, i know i look at my kids and i see a tremor or shake and i hope not, i hope not, i hope not. guest: i will be honest . there is a gene component with als and parkinson s disease and multiple sclerosis, so, yes, i do get scared. but one thing you can think of, when you look at the number of people parkinson s disease if particular there are six million people in the world and that number is growing expected with people who are younger, and ten percent is not that great but it is still there and you can have a genetic composition to get parkinson s disease and never really get it.