Genetic Testing & Treatment

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In recent times, some types of genetic testing, like both diagnostic and predictive testing, have become more popular. These tests offer the potential to identify whether a current health condition might be affected by your genes, or whether you have a higher likelihood of developing certain conditions. Although these tests can offer some insights—such as whether your genes are processing glutamate well or producing too much or little estrogen—their predictive abilities should still be taken with a grain of salt. The science is still new and the effect of a few genes on an entire body is complex and not entirely understood. Likelihoods and probabilities are not certainties. In many cases, a traditional method of treatment and tailoring based on individual response can still be the best course of action. However, if you are facing a complex health condition, genetic testing may help shed additional light on your case. https://drruscio.com/?p=29658

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
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0:26.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease.
0:33.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now, let's head to the show.
0:40.7	Hey, everyone. Welcome to Dr. Russo Radio. This is Dr. Rucho. Today I'm here with Dr. Tom
0:44.5	Ballard, and we're going to be talking about gene, gene testing, and gene therapies. Tom,
0:50.7	welcome to the show. Hey, thank you. Nice to be here, Michael. Yeah, it's nice to have you here.
0:54.8	I'm looking forward to further elaborating the conversation we've had in a few podcasts about genetic testing and treatment.
1:03.1	And as I mentioned just momentarily ago when we were pre-recording, I'm open to the realm of gene testing and gene treatment, but I also, I have a
1:13.6	fair amount of trepidation because I haven't seen the best case always made. And so I, you know,
1:22.5	walk into this conversation, really curious to kind of pick your brain. So I'm sure, of course, there's a rationale
1:28.5	there for what you're doing. And I'm hoping to better understand that rationale, help the audience
1:33.3	better understand that rationale, and help people know in a more precise way when to really
1:39.2	consider gene testing and the kind of benefits that it might be able to offer.
1:43.2	Well, good. I hope I can help.
1:44.7	I mentioned to you before, I'm a little bit surprised.
1:48.1	I've been doing this for about eight years now.
1:50.0	I'm a little surprised that more people haven't sort of gotten what I feel is a very important
1:56.0	advance in medicine.
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