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This friday, drugstores across the country will be offering customers a real dose of controversy over-the-counter dna tests. genetic information can be yours in the privacy of your own home, information on about whether you're at risk for alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, and other life-threatening conditions. consumers would swab their saliva, which contains their dna and then send it to a laboratory for results but just how accurate are these tests, and will they be opening up a pandora's box of confusion? joining us is art kaplan, of the department of medical ethics of the university of p...

Genetically predisposed to diseases, whether you can pass conditions on to your children or how your body might react to some drugs. the tests are not fda approved and there are concerns about their accuracy. art kaplan is the director of the center for bioethics at the university of pennsylvania and also writes a column on ethics for msnbc.com. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. is ignorance bliss here? there are two ways of looking at this, right? on one hand we could all become hy hypochondri hypochondriacs, get surgery we don't need, but on the other hand it could actually hel...

Was put out very quickly and that the patient was never in danger. in fact, lincoln hospital, we have contacted them. they still have not confirmed the fire happened. even the new york health department said at first it was not harmful. then backed off that issuing us this statement minutes ago saying, quote: we have expressed our regrets to the patient and his family and are pleased to know that this injury is expected to fully heal. the hospital is fully investigating this incident to help prevent this from happening again. here is dr. art kaplan about the consequences of a coverup. listen. ...