In a birth cohort study, risk of psychosis in adulthood was raised by a factor of 4 if the mother, during pregnancy, reported that a baby was unwanted.49 Separation from parents in early life has been found to predict an increased risk of psychosis in genetically vulnerable children, 50,51 and the association between immigrant status and severe mental illness may be at least partially explained by the high rates of early separation in migrant populations.52 Adolescents at
high genetic risk of psychosis have also been found to be at increased risk of psychosis in later life if they report adverse relationships with their parents.53
This is especially likely to be the case if, in the absence of well - developed ToM skills, the individual is unable to attribute the negative actions of others to situational factors.137 (Consistent with this part of this model, a genetic high - risk study has reported that, in adolescents at
high genetic risk of psychosis, an external locus of control predicted the later development of illness.142) These characteristics will, in turn, lead to a tendency to anticipate social threats and hence paranoid beliefs.
Assessing the usefulness of a novel MRI - based breast density estimation algorithm in a cohort of women at
high genetic risk of breast cancer: the UK MARIBS study
About 30 percent of cases involved risk - reducing mastectomy in women at
high genetic risk of breast cancer.
A planned clinical trial in people with
high genetic risk of developing Alzheimer's will put the amyloid hypothesis to the test yet again
Not exact matches
Genetic meaning that maybe she has a personal history
of mental illness or a family history
of mental illness, she might be at
higher biological
risk because she might be an older mother, maybe has gone through infertility, pregnancy loss maybe she has multiples.
Many
of the women that we seen are practice since we do more
high risk and our patients that are coming from the infertility doctors and so, sometimes these patients have already had a pre-implantation
genetic testing.
But the fact is something in the
genetic make up and hormones
of baby boys expose them to a
higher risk of autism than girls (for those who can not sleep without knowing so those weird medical terms, girls tend to have lower levels
of vasopressin and
higher levels
of natural oxytocin).
Results were similar in analyses
of sleep patterns; among participants with some
genetic risk of obesity, those who woke up frequently or slept more restlessly had
higher BMIs than those who slept more efficiently.
(1) These regulatory thresholds reflect a decline in sperm quality with age and the greater likelihood
of DNA mutations and
higher risk of genetic abnormality in offspring.
Individuals were classified as
high risk for Alzheimer's if a DNA test identified the presence
of a
genetic marker — having one or both
of the apolipoprotein E-epsilon 4 allele (APOE - e4 allele) on chromosome 19 — which increases the
risk of developing the disease.
Of all four groups studied, only those at
high genetic risk for Alzheimer's who did not exercise experienced a decrease in hippocampal volume (3 %) over the 18 - month period.
Some have a
higher risk of cardiovascular disease or diabetes, which is due both to lifestyle - related
risk factors (such as eating unhealthily, smoking, being overweight and not taking enough exercise) as well as
genetic predisposition (such as diabetes mellitus in migrants from Pakistan).
The authors searched for
genetic mutations that might explain the disproportionately
high risk of SUDEP in people with poorly controlled focal epilepsy, which, by definition stems from a specific area
of the brain.
Researchers used accelerometers to measure the daily physical activity
of participants, all
of whom are in late middle - age and at
high genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease, but presently show no cognitive impairment.
«The type
of inflammation seen in psoriasis is known to promote insulin resistance, and psoriasis and diabetes share similar
genetic mutations suggesting a biological basis for the connection between the two conditions we found in our study,» said the study's senior author Joel M. Gelfand, MD MSCE, a professor
of Dermatology and Epidemiology at Penn. «We know psoriasis is linked to
higher rates
of diabetes, but this is the first study to specifically examine how the severity
of the disease affects a patient's
risk.»
Genetic alterations that can be modulated by stress have been identified in children at
high risk for bipolar disorder, according to a recently published study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
The clinic monitors people who are already at
high risk of pancreatic cancer due to family history or having known
risk - raising
genetic mutations.
According to the paper, this is one
of the first times an oral biologic has been used successfully to change the natural history
of a
genetic disease; in this case, a mutation that puts individuals at very
high risk for colon cancer.
«We believe that individuals born with this
genetic mutation and who are later exposed to MAP through consuming contaminated milk or meat from infected cattle are at a
higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis,» Naser said.
Spotting the bits
of mutant DNA that underlie Alzheimer's may soon lead to
genetic tests that can tell whether someone is at
higher risk so he or she can take preventive steps.
The group has also shown that in humans,
genetic variants
of the Oprl1 gene are associated with
higher risk of developing the disorder after exposure to trauma.
Thus, this single
genetic test can indicate a
risk for bipolar illness that is 20-fold
higher than that
of the general population.
Led by Brenda Penninx, PhD,
of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the study found that patients with an early age at onset and
higher symptom severity have an increased
genetic risk for MDD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Women with a family history
of two or more immediate family members (mother, sister, daughter) with breast or ovarian cancer or with a positive
genetic test for mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes may be advised to consider having both breasts removed, because they are at
high risk of a new cancer developing in the other breast.
Women who have a
genetic mutation face a
higher risk of developing a second breast cancer and may wish to consider more aggressive treatment, preventive measures or additional screening.
The National Institutes
of Health - funded study, published July 2 in the New England Journal
of Medicine, also found that participants in Sweden had
higher rates
of celiac disease than participants in the United States, Finland and Germany, even with the same
genetic risks.
Using an independent group
of 1602 MDD patients and 1390 control participants from the RADIANT - UK study, the researchers also replicated their finding that patients with a
high number
of DSM symptoms have increased
genetic risk for schizophrenia.
«This test will help to determine whether an individual is at
high risk of developing liver fibrosis, or whether a patient's liver disease will progress rapidly or slowly, based on their
genetic makeup.
The inherited component
of breast cancer
risk is due to a combination
of rare variants in genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 that confer a
high risk of the disease, and many commoner
genetic variants that each confer only a small
risk.
«In the absence
of a documented
high -
risk genetic variant, bilateral oophorectomy before the age
of 50 years (or before menopause) is never to be considered and should not be offered as an option to women.»
Using next - generation sequencing (NGS) technology, researchers were able to pinpoint specific areas
of a person's DNA to more effectively diagnose
genetic forms
of high - cholesterol, which markedly increase
risk for heart attack and stroke.
Individuals who are a very
high genetic, maybe even epigenetic,
risk for addiction, but who are never exposed to a drug
of abuse, that would simply remain a latent
risk never expressed.
Should the results be confirmed by further studies, it is possible that patients with certain
genetic changes in BRCA1 could be identified as being at
higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
«For the future,» she added, «might we match donors and recipients based on
genetic factors, or consider fertility preservation for women with a
high risk of premature ovarian failure?»
«
Genetic risk factors may be more fully expressed in environments with low parental monitoring and
high alcohol availability, and the presence
of friends, particularly close friends, who drink.»
A test based on the
genetic make - up
of the Barrett's lesions could benefit patients through improved diagnosis, giving people at
high risk of cancer the best care, and reducing the burden
of endoscopy for those at low
risk.
Their quality
of life suffered too, as those with
higher genetic risk missed work and school more often and were more often admitted to the hospital because
of asthma.
The results validated a previous group's discovery that measurement
of the
genetic diversity between Barrett's cells in any given lesion is a good predictor
of which patients are at
high risk of developing cancer.
Hereditary predisposition to cancer is sometimes due to a single
high -
risk genetic change, like a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for breast cancer, but most
of the time, the disease is the result
of multiple gene variants that add up, environmental
risk factors, and a big element
of chance.
A tool intended to detect signs
of autism in
high -
risk infants can be used to help identify and treat patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a
genetic disorder, who most need early intervention.
«
Genetic mutations warn
of skin cancer
risk: New
high -
risk cancer causing mutation identified for melanoma development.»
«This study demonstrates that a
high -
risk social environment can overwhelm the protective effect
of a
genetic variant associated with alcohol - related behaviors,» said Emily Olfson, an MD - PhD student at Washington University School
of Medicine as well as first author
of this study.
«New tumor analysis method identifies
high -
risk prostate cancer: Cancer cells»
genetic pathways show which patients are likely to develop aggressive types
of the disease.»
Yesterday Angelina Jolie shared her experience as a carrier
of a BRCA1
genetic mutation that confers a very
high lifetime
risk of developing invasive breast cancer.
Across all three prospective studies, a
higher genetic risk score significantly increased the incidence
of coronary events — as much as 90 percent in those at
highest risk.
Within each
genetic risk category, the presence
of lifestyle factors significantly altered the
risk of coronary events to such an extent that following a favorable lifestyle could reduce the incidence
of coronary events by 50 percent in those with the
highest genetic risk scores.
«Now, using a
genetic approach, researchers at the University
of Leicester undertaking the study on behalf
of an international consortium
of scientists (the CADIoGRAM + C4D consortium) have shown that the association between shorter height and
higher risk of coronary heart disease is a primary relationship and is not due to confounding factors.»
ApoB backers point to recent analyses that found
high apoB levels better predicted patients» likelihood
of suffering a heart attack or stroke and a
genetic study that showed that reducing apoB had a bigger effect on cardiovascular
risk than did reducing LDL cholesterol.
Each
of the
genetic variants studied by the researchers is a single - nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP — a site at which the DNA code is altered by a single «letter» or nucleotide in some individuals, and where one «letter» is more commonly found in individuals with
higher fracture
risk.