Category: public health

Smoke Screen…

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  Never Let Genetics Blind You to the Harsh Reality of Cigarettes The emerging field of genomics might one day provide some tools to help address the smoking epidemic.  However, smokers should never think that their genes can protect them from devastating harms or provide an easy way for them to quit later. In 2012, Read More >

Posted on by Scott Bowen, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Categories genomics, public health, smoking
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Ushering Public Health Practice into the 21st Century

Public Health Genomics

The April 2012  special issue of the journal Public Health Genomics includes 13 articles from the many presentations at the 4th National Conference on Genomics and Public Health in the United States: “Using Genetic Information to Improve Health Now and In the Future”.  The three-day conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Read More >

Posted on by Muin J Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Categories genomics, public health
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