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‘Knowledge is power’: NHS offers free BRCA testing for Jews over 18

JL;DR SUMMARY England's NHS has launched a successful BRCA testing program for individuals over 18 with Jewish ancestry, addressing the higher prevalence of BRCA gene faults among Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews that increase cancer risks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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