Sentences with phrase «one's risk for disease»

The group highest at risk for this disease are dogs in crowded and stressful conditions, such as kennels, shelters or dog shows.

The predictive nature of genetic testing poses a risk to the psychological health of children who are at increased risk for disease onset as adults.

Children that eat a lot of fat and are struggling with their weight are at a higher risk for diseases like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, or diabetes.

Meanwhile, long - term health effects include increased risk for diseases like hypertension, diabetes, depression and obesity.

Genetic counselors are healthcare professionals trained to educate, support, and facilitate genetic testing for families at genetic risk for disease.

Puppies are at greater risk for disease and have decreased survival when they occur.

Since children often play outside, they are the most at risk for disease transmission.

Even before they determine the genetic culprit in a disease, however, scientists can use its SNP pattern to identify those who have the genetic signature of risk for that disease.

The researcher's formula to determine the right diet based on an individual's microbiome might be good news for people at risk for diseases associated with being overweight or obese.

For eight of these sites, the researchers were able to identify a specific gene variant that influences risk for both diseases.

With their analyses of the genome data, the scientists were also able to identify eight specific gene variants that are strongly linked to altered risk for both diseases.

Nor are there tests available that would allow her family members to pinpoint their genetic - based risk for the disease.

It contains the raw information — in the form of DNA — that determines everything from whether an animal walks on four legs or two, to one's potential risk for disease.

The energy provided comes from caffeine and sugar of course, and will cause adrenal fatigue, insulin imbalance, inflammation, and serious risk for disease.

With time, the science of genetics will most surely discover more ways in which diet affects our individual risk for disease.

You are not just at increased risk for type 2 diabetes; you are also at increased risk for diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Outdoor cats are at a much higher risk for these diseases, so we recommend vaccination to prevent leukemia infection.

This works especially well for clients who are healthy and at lower risk for disease or illness related deaths.

Historical events that influenced the patterns of migration and mating among our ancestors are reflected in our DNA — in our genetic relationships with each other and in our genetic risks for disease.

Senior cats are often at risk for diseases like arthritis, dental disease, diabetes, thyroid or kidney disease.

Outdoor cats are at risk for diseases like feline leukemia, distemper, and upper respiratory infections — not to mention fleas and other pests.

Look at the issued reports from the Department of Veteran Affairs: Those who had constant exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides are at considerably high risk for diseases such as Prostate Cancer to Parkinson's Disease.

These benefits include cellular cleansing and renewal through autophagy, as well as reduced risk for diseases like diabetes, heart conditions, and Alzheimer's.

Over the last 20 years, she has been active in epidemiologic research on risk for disease in companion animals, specifically overweight and obesity, as well as co-morbidities associated with excess body condition.

And if cells are able to live for a longer period of time in an undamaged or repaired state, then tissues are at a decreased risk for disease, de facto.

Chakravarti notes that the genetic puzzle of Hirschsprung's is still missing some pieces, and no clinical genetic test yet exists to assess risk for the disease.

It has also been reported that as many as 30 % of cats receiving heartworm preventives may have positive antibody test results due to exposure to the parasite; since they are on preventive, such cats are not at risk for disease progression.13

Glutathione strengthens the immune system, and reduces ones risks for disease including cancer and heart disease.

«One possibility is that a genetic test for a particular variant of this newly discovered gene, along with other variants of genes that contribute to Alzheimer's, will help to give a person their overall risk for the disease.

Some parents delay vaccines out of a misinformed belief that it's safer, but that decision actually increases the risk of a seizure after vaccination and leaves children at risk for disease longer

Too few Americans realize that obesity, alcohol and inactivity boost risk for disease, survey finds

Not only will it break down your ancestry, it will also discover your genetic health risks for diseases like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, carrier traits for diseases like Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell, report on your wellness with details like sleep patterns and lactose intolerance, and other genetic traits.

So a few of the DNA notes that people rack up during their lives could potentially pass from generation to generation, possibly transmitting risk for diseases such as schizophrenia far down the family tree.

Through a quirk of regulatory history, many such tests are not subject to the same medical standards as other tools used to identify risk for disease or to definitively diagnose a condition.

The power to examine patterns of inheritance in large populations, and to survey hundreds of thousands of tiny variations in the genomes of each of those individuals, enables investigators to pinpoint specific genes that exert strong or subtle influences on a person's physiology and his or her resulting risk for disease.

«While we still don't have all the answers — being a mere 10 percent of the way into the century with a human genome sequence in hand — we have learned extraordinary things about how the human genome works and how alterations in it confer risk for disease.»

The enhanced inflammatory responses among food - allergic infants «provide a signature to examine what and how pre - and post-natal environmental factors and genetic background may determine individuals» risk for disease development,» she said.

Patients may be at negligible risk for disease with no medical management required, or they may pursue costly, invasive medical treatment in an effort to stave off disease or manage and minimize symptoms.

Those on diets, for example, often prefer not to look at the number of calories in a tasty dessert, people at high risk for a disease avoid screening tests that could give them a definite answer, and most consumers of news choose sources that align with rather than challenge their political ideology.

Is there a quantifiable risk for the disease?

«We know from previous human studies that changes in gut bacterial composition correlate with the early development of type 1 diabetes, and that the interactions between bacterial networks may be a contributing factor in why some people at risk for the disease develop type 1 diabetes and others don't,» said Jessica Dunne, Director of Discovery Research at JDRF, which funded the study.

«The association we found in young and midlife adults suggests why those raised by parents of relatively low socioeconomic status may be at increased risk for disease throughout adulthood.»

Examples: One risk allele that is relatively common in the population and that has been associated with an increased risk for disease susceptibility is factor V Leiden and risk for deep venous thrombosis (DVT).

The gene is also linked to formation of the amyloid - beta peptide associated with sticky plaque, one of the supposed hallmarks of the disease, but how ApoE4 actually brings or heightens risk for the disease is unclear.

«Identifying genes that affect risk for a disease is a first step towards understanding the disease biology itself, which gives us targets to aim for in developing new treatments,» said corresponding study author Dr. Roy Perlis.

For centuries, cultures have created ways of describing different temperaments, different behavioral attributes, and even risk for disease.

I mean, you don't want to look just as out of shape as now, but a little smaller, or be at the same risk for diseases due to having the same high body fat percentage that you had at a heavier weight either I assume.

Medical studies suggest a link between absorption and inhalation of chlorine in the shower environment with elevated risks for diseases and serious illness.