Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Sex Education Packet is Due

Sex Education Packet will be graded.

If you were absent for the class make certain to collect the information handed out in class.

Science in the News

In addition, I will share information on "What to Know if You Resolve to Cut Out Meat- The Nutritional Gaps from not eating meat.  Veganuary the campaign encouraging people to give up meat for the month of January.  Veganuary launched in the UK by supermarkets and restaurants providing vegan products.

Also sharing information that the BRCA gene that lead women to believe they are at high risk for breast cancer might not be at risk at all.  There are many variants of the BRCA gene and not all variant have the same level of risk. The classification of the gene has been changed from high risk to uncertain.

"Many women had mastectomies due to the initial report that the gene BRCA 1 placed women at a high risk of beast cancer and ovarian cancer.  The risk was placed as high as 80% for a women with the gene to develop cancer within her life time.

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