Intriguingly, changes to parts of the human genome may have made us prone to certain diseases.
Prof Aalten hoped the research could lead to drugs which could slow the development of certain diseases.
Certain diseases, such as cancers, will induce biochemical changes in the body such as changes in the balance of molecules that it produces.
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Perez adds that the current practice of health screenings for certain diseases, starting at a specific age, will become a thing of the past.
It has done studies that show that certain diseases, like attention deficit disorder in children, are treated very differently depending on where the patient lives.
Beyond low-Earth orbit, astronauts are bombarded with harmful cosmic rays, which can boost the risk of certain diseases such as cancer and neurological damage.
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Meanwhile, Argyll-based scientists are aiming to be first in the world to to locate the genes that determine how susceptible individual Atlantic salmon are to certain diseases.
Some patients may not want to know and may be distressed to find out if they have genes that put them at higher risk for certain diseases.
"Some of what we consider the bad stuff actually was used to cure certain diseases back then - syphilis was cured by arsenic and mercury, " he told BBC News.
In fact, certain uses of it, such as making treating certain diseases cheaper, will actually reduce GDP, not increase it, all the while making life as it is lived better.
And, it hasn't been conclusively shown that the practice causes people to live longer or prevents them from getting certain chronic diseases.
The dramatic episode represents the first time in more than four decades that the United States has invoked its authority to isolate and quarantine people with certain infectious diseases.
However, there is "general agreement that the placenta plays a key role in preeclampsia, and women with chronic hypertension and certain metabolic diseases like diabetes are more susceptible, " according to the Preeclampsia Foundation.
The memo further states that patients must meet numerous other qualifications relating to clinical trials and not have certain serious diseases or conditions that would lower the implant's efficacy or the patient's likelihood of long-term survival.
If you're at high risk of certain eye diseases, such as glaucoma, get an eye exam every two to four years up to age 40, then every one to three years between 40 and 54, and finally every one to two years at age 55 and older.
Small dietary changes could prevent, delay or treat chronic diseases and certain kinds of cancer for each individual.
Certain metabolic and kidney diseases, including diabetes, are known to cause abnormally low testosterone, Shabsigh says, adding the prevalence of those disorders rises with age.
Though a physician would have tested the sperm for sexually transmitted diseases and certain genetic disorders, there are disincentives associated with going through a physician.
Researchers are also working on needle-less vaccines and jabs against non-infectious diseases such as certain cancers.
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Furthermore, it is acknowledged that the consumption of processed foods, combined with sedentary lifestyles, increases the risk of heart diseases, diabetes and certain forms of cancer.
The immediate implications of these forthcoming technologies are that we will be able to tell whether we have genetic predisposition to certain capabilities but also to particular diseases.
For example, the data might be useful for predicting different diseases or chronic conditions based on certain patient factors.
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It's most commonly used to treat arthritic joint pain, but can also be used for other conditions like allergic reactions, sports-related injuries, immune system disorders, certain cancers and various other types of inflammatory diseases.
It notes the benefits of breastfeeding include protection for the baby from certain infections, and for the mother from some diseases in later life.
The pair suspect that everyone will turn out to have narrow chinks in their immune armour that leave them vulnerable to certain infections, and that most life-threatening infectious diseases that strike before puberty will be monogenic although they are far from proving this.
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I've looked too many parents in the eye who say, our children have these chronic diseases and we found out that our insurance only covered us up to a certain amount and then they hit a cap, and afterwards we had to hold bake sales and our neighbors had to raise money just to make sure that our kids would live.
Certain drugs can trigger glandular breast growth in men, as can some rare genetic and hormonal diseases, as well as excessive alcohol consumption.
Auto-immune diseases are caused when the immune system, for some reason, decides that a certain type of the body's own cells are foreign and starts attacking them.
While obesity is a major risk factor for heart disease as well as other diseases like diabetes and even cancer, obese patients seem to have a survival benefit in certain situations.
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In addition, vitamin D has numerous other roles in the body, and a growing body of research is finding that deficiencies may be associated with an increased risk of certain types of cancer (especially colon cancer), type 2 diabetes, heart disease and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.
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