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Personally I love the irony of naming it "Plan B"

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Some Confusion Exists [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
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2D6 Rears its ugly head..... [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Ok, Fine, Back to Plavix [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Kaiser a protoype for Collins' Aim [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
A few months late to the party.... [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Stated Another Way....... [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Excuse Me? Harvard and Navigenics? WTF? [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Follow up to Yesterday's WTF? Harvard, Navi? and Pfizer??? [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Did you get your kit? Thanks Dr. Rob from MedCo [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
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Change IS Needed. I agree with William, sometimes. [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Good Enough Science? Apparently so at 23andme [Last Updated On: November 8th, 2009] [Originally Added On: November 8th, 2009]
Long QT Syndrome, location matters [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
Congratulations Generation Health. Nice pick up! [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
An argument 23andSerge can't win...23andme but not medicine [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
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Hey DTC genomics, Stay Private, Stay Alive, Go Public and Die [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
You can't have it both way. Either scared your genome is sold off or not. [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
15 Days Away Gives Time for Perspective. [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
What about the SACGHS registry? Another missed opportunity? [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
AJHG is in and my Favorite Muin is in it! But He Is NOT the Father! [Last Updated On: December 13th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 13th, 2009]
Navigenics for 23andMe prices? [Last Updated On: December 18th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 18th, 2009]
Lp(a) Maybe there's something there that wasn't there before? [Last Updated On: December 24th, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 24th, 2009]
Another Year, Another Bankruptcy [Last Updated On: December 31st, 2009] [Originally Added On: December 31st, 2009]
5 Technologies going bye bye in this decade? [Last Updated On: January 6th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 6th, 2010]
Hackers, HITECH and HIPAA in DTC Genomics, Oh My! [Last Updated On: January 7th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 7th, 2010]
Personal Genomics Flop.....big Belly Flop! [Last Updated On: January 8th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 8th, 2010]
Gotta Love It. Even the daycare....... [Last Updated On: January 11th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 11th, 2010]
Congratulations Navigenics. You ARE a clinical lab! Uh-Oh... [Last Updated On: January 12th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 12th, 2010]
CETP, Jewish Centenarians and Alzheimers [Last Updated On: January 14th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 14th, 2010]
Enter the "Not" DTC Genomics Rep [Last Updated On: January 17th, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 17th, 2010]
Why Dr. Vanier's Navigenics appointment is good for PM [Last Updated On: January 22nd, 2010] [Originally Added On: January 22nd, 2010]
Holy Crap! MedCo Follows in CVS footsteps [Last Updated On: February 3rd, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 3rd, 2010]
FDA, Warfarin, still not as sexy to me. [Last Updated On: February 5th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 5th, 2010]
Hype, Hype, Hype from a single study. [Last Updated On: February 11th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2010]
I love my readers, even Renata M! [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 17th, 2010]
How can insurers use DTC genomics to profile? [Last Updated On: February 17th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 17th, 2010]
9p21.....ahem. Paynter et.al. Smackdown. Again. [Last Updated On: February 18th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 18th, 2010]
Hey! It's Pete Hulick! Are you Going to GET? [Last Updated On: February 19th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 19th, 2010]
I was wrong......AHEM [Last Updated On: February 28th, 2010] [Originally Added On: February 28th, 2010]
G2C2, finally a tool for genomic education! [Last Updated On: March 2nd, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 2nd, 2010]
Just 4 million? What 23andMe is worth. [Last Updated On: March 5th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 5th, 2010]
What a difference a year makes [Last Updated On: March 9th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 9th, 2010]
........DTC Genomic Medicine? [Last Updated On: March 12th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 12th, 2010]
The FDA, 2c19 and the ACC [Last Updated On: March 13th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 13th, 2010]
The problem with Comparative Whole Genomics...... [Last Updated On: March 13th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 13th, 2010]
BRCA testing by 23andME is the same as Myriad Genetics. [Last Updated On: March 15th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 15th, 2010]
The Argument Against DTC Genomics Marketing and such [Last Updated On: March 16th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 16th, 2010]
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SNPs for breast cancer risk? It Depends. [Last Updated On: March 18th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 18th, 2010]
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Why did P&G invest in Navigenics? [Last Updated On: March 23rd, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 23rd, 2010]
PGx in DTCG? Doesn't stand up to Useful testing. [Last Updated On: March 25th, 2010] [Originally Added On: March 25th, 2010]
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Sherpa Accepting Chief Medical Officership [Last Updated On: April 3rd, 2010] [Originally Added On: April 3rd, 2010]
The Rumors of My Death........ [Last Updated On: April 20th, 2010] [Originally Added On: April 20th, 2010]
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Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative rising [Last Updated On: May 7th, 2010] [Originally Added On: May 7th, 2010]
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