Sentences with phrase «about predispositions»

While you're at the veterinarian's office, ask questions about predispositions to medical problems.

She wants to help solve a bottleneck in healthcare, which is not knowing enough about predispositions to diseases, with the huge data set that results from over 2 million genotyped 23andMe customers.

Genetic testing — which the report describes as «the analysis of a person's chromosomes, genes, or gene products (proteins) to identify the presence of specific traits» — is accessible to Canadians interested in learning more about their predisposition to certain health issues, or for diagnosis.

This type of coverage might be also good fit if you are concerned about your predisposition for illness or diseases based on your family history.

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Whether you call it a disease, or a genetic predisposition... the wording is not important at this level of understanding, but your statements about character are absurd.

All those who have an interest in the electronic church, whatever their ideological predispositions toward it might be, would be well advised to give a high priority to the gathering of systematic data about the phenomenon.

It is important to me that we eat this way since my father in law died several years ago from cancer I worry about my husband's genetic predisposition.

Not all things related to genetics are purely about physical attributes or personality, as women can have a genetic predisposition to delivering their children early.

Besides, the results of Gijsbers et al. showed that the educational program based on written advice in booklets as well as data delivered orally about all the aspects of breastfeeding and milk storage and expression proved effective in improving EB rates up to 6 months for pregnant women of a child with an asthma predisposition, visited twice before the birth of their babies and once afterwards [20].

So one of the aspects that we could think about are pharmacologic treatments — can we begin to target these different pathways and these different predispositions that a person has, so treatment for their alcoholism is most effective?

And there are different medications that we could think about now that influence, you know, the GABA system and some of our treatments — some of the newer medications like topiramate — influence s this system and we could think that, ah, if you have this biologic predisposition in the GABA system, you may respond better to this type of pharmacologic treatment.

His point is that the numbers contain no information about him — not his predisposition for genetic illnesses, his intelligence, or even his eye color.

However, the gene variants identified thus far explain only about five percent of the familial predisposition.

So you might have a predisposition to see the glass half - empty, but if you really decide to think about it differently, you can convince yourself that the glass is half - full.

In fact, it may be the gateway model for cancer is the good way to think about it; like, first of all, maybe you're born with a genetic predisposition, then you have exposure 1, then you have exposure 2, and then bam — exposure 3, the cancer starts, or the offspring are going to have a lower circumference of the skull and so on.

But that will change, and scientists predict that a personal genome may one day become part of everyone's medical record, providing powerful information about an individual's genetic predisposition to disease.

A personal genome may one day become part of everyone's medical record, providing powerful information about an individual's genetic predispositions.

Many patients will not want to know about their genetic predisposition to diseases, especially those with no treatment such as Alzheimer's disease.

Presentations included: Genetics Primer & Clinical Updates by Linford Williams, MS, LGC; Genetics and Women's Health: Seeing and Foreseeing the Ethical Challenges Ahead by Ruth Farrell, MD, MA; Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Diagnosis: What You Need to Know by Marissa Coleridge, MS, LGC; Evolution of Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing: NIPT and Beyond by Jeff Chapa, MD, MBA; Promises and Pitfalls of Prenatal Whole Exome Sequencing by Amanda Kalan, MD; Fertility Preservation and Cancer: Survivors, Previvors, and the Newly Diagnosed by Rebecca Flyckt, MD; Improving Access to Cancer Genetics via Telegenetics by Ryan Noss, MS, LGC; Breast Cancer: Management of Moderate Penetrance Predisposition Genes by Holly Pederson, MD; Use of Hormonal and Non-hormonal Therapies in Breast Cancer Survivors and Women at High Risk for Breast / Gyn Cancers by Holly Thacker, MD; Addressing Commonly Asked Patient Questions about Genetics by Rebekah Moore, MS, LGC, Christina Rigelsky, MS, LGC and Allison Schreiber, MS, LGC; and a panel discussion on Genetic Testing Reimbursement featuring Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH and John Yao, MD, MBA, MPH, which was moderated by Daniel Sullivan, MD..

It also might be that some women metabolize them more slowly or simply have a predisposition to absorb more folic acid and / or vitamin B. There's still a lot we don't know about this possible link.

Genetic predisposition to autoimmunity makes up about one third of your risk of developing an autoimmune disease.

The good thing about a genetic predisposition to things like man boobs and excess body fat, is that there is also an environmental component involved.

Based on the work of Ritchie Shoemaker, MD about 25 % of individuals have a genetic predisposition which...

The current thought according to the article is that Alzheimer's does have a genetic predisposition but is likely about two thirds preventable by a healthy lifestyle — in other words you may still get it at some point, but you can delay the onset by decades perhaps.

This is something that you don't need to worry about, purely because your genetic predisposition as a woman has set you up for this not to happen — unless you play around with dangerous anabolic steroids.

«The more I learn about different imbalances, the more I'm convinced that most chronic disease stems from a combination of environmental exposures and genetic predispositions (sometimes created by toxin exposure).

It's never been easier to learn about your metabolism and how it's affected by your current hormone levels and genetic predispositions.

«All the available evidence indicates that exposure to difference, talking about difference, and applauding difference — the hallmarks of liberal democracy — are the surest ways to aggravate those who are innately intolerant,» Haidt quotes Stenner, «and to guarantee the increased expression of their predispositions in manifestly intolerant attitudes and behaviors.»

As noted previously, about half of our baseline outlook toward optimism or pessimism is determined by genetic predisposition.

Conventional approaches to talking about leadership make it out to be a specialized skill set, an art form to be refined but never perfected, and best left to individuals of a certain temperament and native predisposition.

Moreover, in transient neighborhoods, parents find it difficult to share reassuring information with one another about their good experiences with teachers; lacking such personal communication, parents who are new to a school community may fall back on predispositions to distrust, especially if many of their social encounters outside of the school tend to reinforce this worldview.

There is something fatalistic about this idea: if people are born with a predisposition to crime, how can they ever hope to live a better life?

To know more about the cat allergy and your predisposition to it, look through cat fanciers» forums and perform the following experiment: visit your local cattery or shelter several times and trace your reaction to cats.

If your dog might have a genetic predisposition toward urinary tract issues, ask your vet about feeding him a food designed for urinary health as a preventive measure.

This list is considerably long, so Dr. Vitale recommends talking to your veterinarian if you're concerned about your dog's breed predispositions.

Some breeds come with already built - in predispositions so it's useful to know more about your dog's breed characteristics and personality when you're garden designing.

There are a few theories about why this disease occurs including: early neutering / spaying, inappropriate light / dark cycles and genetic predisposition.

Anytime I see a German Shepherd (or mix) with backend issues I always think about breed predispositions; I assume that your Veterinarian checked the hip joints and the spine for any anomalies but I would still look further into it as I believe the cause is musculoskeletal in origin.

To help choose a breed that is right for you, browse our Large Dog Breed Center to learn more about the personalities, temperaments, and health predispositions of big dogs.

Sponsored by the AAHA (American Animal Hospital Association) this site contains information about common problems in dogs and cats, as well as certain breed predispositions for problems.

She can do something about inherited predisposition, but only if she knows what cancers her breed and bloodlines are prone to.

What about Abyssinian cats» predisposition to kidney disease?

Despite this, thematically, games rarely have anything to say about their own predisposition towards landscapes of isolation, separation, and abandonment.

They hear about CAGW from government stooge «scientists», and think no further, since this suits their totalitarian predisposition.

In particular, there is a concern that incomplete knowledge or understanding of genetic predispositions, and still evolving understandings of how multiple genomes interact with each other, could result in logically skewed and flawed conclusions about employees or the insured, and result in a form of unwarranted... [more]

In particular, there is a concern that incomplete knowledge or understanding of genetic predispositions, and still evolving understandings of how multiple genomes interact with each other, could result in logically skewed and flawed conclusions about employees or the insured, and result in a form of unwarranted discrimination.

In this case, the Court found that although it is clear that the mediator / arbitrator would have formed some tentative impressions or even conclusions about the issues in dispute, «it was important that he remain open to persuasion and refrain from expressing strong views that might disclose a predisposition to decide one way or the other.»

If you have a specific concern about other illnesses due to family history or predisposition, those can be added.

The majority of studies about the effect of child anxiety on coparenting report on the prospective association between the temperamental predisposition for anxiety, that is, behavioral inhibition or a reactive temperament, and coparenting.