MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hemochromatosis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636598&cid=t_108390_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fnon-clinician-misinterpretation-of-dtc.html Ok,In case you haven't all figured it out. Blogs are dead. Mine is too, sorta. I have less and less time to blog as my practice explodes. But there are some things that just merit a blog post.I am on twitter, you can follow me there @genesherpasBut now I am on the Sherpa. Yes, the blog that nearly got me on 60 Minutes and definitely won me the hearts of USA Today to be interviewed...BTW the practice got super busy after that......Today I want to talk about something more serious. The FDA hearings have laid the course clear. Direct To Consumer Genetic testing will be regulated. Why? 1 part potential harm2 parts irreverence for laws and medical regulation 3 parts flagrant misrepresentation of what genetic tests can do.......See Kari S. Disavowal of his company's stupid tag line.......Today o... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636598 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:06:00 +0100 4636598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1255096&cid=t_108390_131_f&fid=34976&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftalk.dnadirect.com%2F2008%2F02%2F25%2Fny-times-insurance-fears-and-dna-testing%2F Amy Harmon looks at the issue of privacy, fear of discrimination, and the very real repercussions some people are facing as a result of the tension between important medical information and lack of comprehensive legislation to protect patients' genetic privacy. She quotes Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH, “It’s pretty clear that the public is afraid of taking advantage of genetic testing. If that continues, the future of medicine that we would all like to see happen stands the chance of being dead on arrival.” I don't think it's as dire as that, but all of us -- patients, physicians, industry and thought leaders -- need to push for systemic solutions. (Source: DNA Direct Talk) DNA Direct Talk blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1255096 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:59:54 +0100 1255096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=687105&cid=t_108390_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fneglected-diagnoses-putting-you-at-risk.html I have decided to let the rest of the Forbes article analysis rest for today. Instead I wish to relay to you a story which deeply troubled me. Today I saw a patient that was referred to me for the diagnosis of Osler Weber Rendu. Also Known As Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). What blew me away was not that it was picked up. Although alot of physicians may miss this if they fail to look in a mouth or carefully investigate nose bleeding in a patient. Trust me, these 2 things are very, very commonplace in medicine.But what flabbergasted me was that this patient had all over his chart "May have Osler Weber Rendu" So you may be asking yourself...Why does this matter? The answer is forthcoming. First a little bit about HHT. There are 3 types of this disease Type 1 is due to a mutation... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=687105 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:45:00 +0100 687105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=687120&cid=t_108390_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fhemochromatosis-stories.html Lisa Lee posted about "House" last night. It made me laugh. I couldn't help but think how the media really portrays health care. It is down right scary. Most, like the media over-hype the non-dramatic and fail to catch the essence of medical culture. It is also scary how they miss the REAL issues. Did you know that in real life if you are "coded" you have less than a 15% chance of leaving the hospital? On TV it is over 75% And the way they portray disease......don't get me started :(But what's even scarier is having to suffer through disease. I always like to check out the support blogs and this is one I feel strongly about. They express their difficulty with phlebotomy, the traditional treatment for Hemochromatosis.Which brings me to my last comment. The American Gastroenterological Assoc... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=687120 Wed, 30 May 2007 22:03:00 +0100 687120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=509403&cid=t_108390_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F105213170%2F A mutation in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) has been associated with a three times higher risk of stroke in a group of 9000 people in Denmark. The H63D mutation (His63Asp) changes the size or function of the HFE protein so that it can’t play a part in regulating the amount of iron that enters cells. If the HFE protein does not bind to the transferrin receptors at the cell surface, excessive amounts of iron enters the cell and leads to iron overload. Those with two copies of the H63D HFE gene variant had a 180% great risk of stroke than those with two normal copies. The exact role of the HFE gene in stroke risk isn’t understood. Coincidentally, I finally got around to starting Sharon Moalem’s Survival of the Sickest and the first chapter deals with hemochromatosis. From a... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=509403 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:15:09 +0100 509403