Asked this to a few here, but I thought I'd throw this out to gen pop.
Got this email from work a week or so ago and I don't know if I should take advantage of this:
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An exciting new service will be available to X employees and their family members over the age of 18. You can now learn more about your health through personalized genetic analysis, offered through Navigenics, a personal genetics company.
How it works
With a simple DNA test, you can find out your genetic predisposition for a variety of common health conditions such as breast cancer, colon cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as sensitivities to a host of medications. Your results are completely confidential and secure and will not be shared with X or any other third party. This is a great way to augment your family history and can be especially helpful for adoptees, who many not have access to this information.
Navigenics only includes conditions that you can act on, so once you know your specific risks you can work with your doctor or a genetic counselor from Navigenics to learn how to prevent and/or detect these conditions early.
Cost
As a X employee, you and family members over the age of 18 can receive these services at a discounted fee of $299. (If you were to pursue these services on your own, the cost would be $1,000.) If you are among the first 200 people to sign up for genetic analysis, you will get an additional $100 discount—you will pay only $199.
Genetics are a powerful part of the next generation of healthcare, which will enable each of us to take control of our health and tailor our prevention strategies in an informed way that is unique to us. We encourage you to take advantage of this valuable service.
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Would you want to know what you are pre-disposed to? Or would it make you paranoid wondering every smallest related symptom?