Mind your P's and Q's

In another Hairbrained "We're not doing medicine" scheme I point your attention towards

Q-Trait

From the site

Who shops for genetic tests?

Genetic tests are not just for people with concern about disease or fighting crime on TV.

These are people who have used QTrait:

Families with history of allergies.
Women who learned about their future pregnancies.
Grandparents wishing to buy DNA tests for grandchildren.

QTrait offers over 40 genetic tests. Mix and match tests to suit your needs.

(Great....... just like pick and mix candy!!!!)

Pregnancy & ChildbirthWe offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Codeine metabolism (for men AND women)
High or low colostrum production (for women)
Risk of preeclampsia (women only)
Preterm birth (for men AND women)

All 4 tests: $249

Nutrition & AllergiesWe offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Asthma – African-American-specific
Asthma - Hispanic specific
Dyspepsia (indigestion)
Eczema
Gluten sensitvity or celiac disease - gene 1
Gluten sensitivity or celiac disease - gene 2
Lactose intolerance/Lactose persistence
Mold sensitivity – Caucasian-specific
Mold sensitivity – African-American-specific - mutation 1
Mold sensitivity – African-American-specific - mutation 2
Norwalk virus (the cruise ship sickness)
All 11 tests: $499

We offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Alcohol processing
Addictive street drug use
Initial response to smoking and drinking
Protection from Alcoholism
Resistance to cannabis addiction
Smoking addiction

All 7 tests: $399
Health & Longevity

We offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Post-operative stroke
Post-operative cognitive dysfunction – gene 2
Post-operative cognitive dysfunction – gene 1
Percentage body fat (70-79 year old individuals)
Obesity – mutation 1
Obesity (increased BMI) - mutation 2
Learning and Memory
Hemochromatosis
Coumarin-based drug dose (like Warfarin) - gene 1

All 9 tests: $499
Sleep and the Senses

We offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Bitter tasting ability
Early bird or night owl?
Insomnia
Odor perception
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Restless Legs Syndrome
All 6 tests: $349

Performance

We offer genetic tests to determine your propensity for:
Variation in height
Insulin sensitivity in response to endurance training
Physical performance, power vs. endurance - gene 1
Physical performance, power vs. endurance – gene 2
VO2 max levels in post-menopausal women (oxygen levels in the blood)
All 5 tests: $299

These types of shennanigans are precisely why the FDA, CDC, IOM, and ACMG are demanding federal legislation outlawing or at least regulating DTC genetic testing. Some of these genes have only been studied in cohorts of less than 1000 people. Not nearly enough to be ready for the medicinal market!

The Sherpa Says:

I left the links in for the shear joy of having you go to this company. Q-Traits, it is only a matter of time before you are sued or break the law. Good luck to you. If I was Navigenics or 23andME, I would lead the push getting rid of these shady customers. It is only making the big 3 look even worse. Trust me, these DTCs are not making it any better for you. And they are practicing medicine too.