Have you heard about new dating services that match singles based on their DNA?  Instead of filling out forms with pages of personal questions, applicants for these matchmaking services send in a swab from the inside of their cheek for DNA analysis.  I just read a fabulously interesting article in Women’s Health Magazine by Andrew Postman called “Your DNA looks hot tonight” about new scientifically-advanced versions of online dating services.
In 2007 Eric Holzle founded a service called scientificmatch.com as a DNA matchmaking site for those living in the Boston/Providence region.  The service is based on three MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) …read more

AlzheimersNotes.com
Genetics – relating to the scientific study of heredity or relating to the study of one’s genes.  In referring to Alzheimer’s, researchers are trying to determine whether there are factors involved with this disease that may indicate that it, or some types, are hereditary.
Since both my mom and her sister (my aunt) had Alzheimer’s disease in their older age, people often ask me if I’m concerned about it being hereditary.  Since there isn’t a test we know of at present, there doesn’t seem much point in my worrying about it. 
 I am naturally concerned and know what signs to look …read more