Some people at risk because of their heredity have deliberately decided against taking the predictive tests.

Until about 1986, accurate predictive tests for Huntington's disease did not exist.

According to Mischel, this view of will power also helps explain why the marshmallow task is such a powerfully predictive test.

It is the first predictive test available for Fanconi Syndrome.

Armed with criteria, one may hope to develop a predictive test.

But researchers in cardiology say that a new generation of predictive tests might have helped him by finding his disease even before his arteries became clogged.

When I was in school, the idea of a predictive genetic test for cancer risk was science fiction.

Before a screening test was developed, surveys of those at risk for Huntington's showed that up to 80 percent would take a predictive test.

Given that there is no cure or sure means of preventing breast or ovarian cancer, the notion of a predictive test has generated controversy.

So much for our wonderful predictive tests, Jason thought.