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Consumers can now administer their own tests to diagnose risk for 10 diseases, but doctors warn that determining disease risk is much harder than with other tests, such as a pregnancy test. (The Dallas Morning News)

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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at...