Racial Labels Have Limited Use In Personalizing Medicine

Conventional race labels people use to identify themselves may not be all that useful for doctors looking for genetic risk patterns in diverse communities. A big problem is the labels are imprecise. Read More...

Read the complete post at http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/05/09/136032426/racial-labels-have-limited-use-in-personalizing-medicine?ft=1&f=103537970


Posted May 09 2011, 09:53 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog