interesting article!

[MissRita]

sciencealert.com/game-chang...

any thoughts?

[Bolt_Upright]

I am against diagnosis. It dampens hopes. But even with diagnosis I think there is still hope (just marginally less).

I guess if the PD diagnosis is ruling out something worse, then if could be a benefit, but... I'd still rather not be 100% sure.

[Bolt_Upright]

@jcro made a good point that the test could be used to validate treatments. In fact, this curcumin trial actually did measure the effect on A-Syn in the skin (curcumin helped): healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

I am cool with a test to measure treatments

[jocelyng]

My husband and I were talking about this the other day. Specifically about our children. There are two ways to look at it: knowledge is power or knowledge is an anvil.

[Juliegrace in reply to jocelyng]

My PD is definitely hereditary, my mom has it and one of her brothers had it. I have three siblings and they don’t want to know.

[jocelyng in reply to Juliegrace]

my kids may find out when they have genetic counseling prior to having children. I’ll leave it to them to decide.