Learning from Angelina Jolie's genetic testing for our own health

Angelina Jolie definitely belongs in the "good celebrity" category. Though scientists were able to map the entire human genome just a few years ago, we still don't understand the vast majority of how genes work. We know there must be good genes —the

I know I'm not the only person thinking about Angelina Jolie today. Ms. Jolie is an unusual topic for me, both in thought and in blog. But with her second contribution to The Times's Opinion Pages, she brought herself, again, 

Two years after revealing that she underwent a double mastectomy because she carries a gene mutation that increases breast and ovarian cancer risk, Angelina Jolie writes in The New York Times that she had her ovaries 

Two years after revealing that she underwent a double mastectomy because she carries a gene mutation that increases breast and ovarian cancer risk, Angelina Jolie writes in The New York Times that she had her ovaries 

I know I'm not the only person thinking about Angelina Jolie today. Ms. Jolie is an unusual topic for me, both in thought and in blog. But with her second contribution to The Times's Opinion Pages, she brought herself, again,