News tagged with genetic predisposition
Plastic surgeons offer microsurgery technique for breast reconstruction, tummy tuck after mastectomy
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.
Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease associated with risk of subsequent hip fracture
Oct 20, 2009 |
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A study that includes twins finds that the risk of hip fracture was significantly increased following a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD), with analysis also suggesting a genetic predisposition to the development ...
Aspirin protection for Lynch syndrome
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A daily dose of aspirin can prevent the occurrence of cancer in people with a genetic predisposition towards Lynch syndrome, a Newcastle University scientist has told Europe’s largest cancer congress. Lynch ...
Oxygen treatment hastens memory loss in Alzheimer's mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2009 |
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A 65-year-old women goes into the hospital for routine hip surgery. Six months later, she develops memory loss and is later diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Just a coincidence? Researchers at the University of South ...
Females are usually at higher risk than males in a maternal history of non-GCs
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Gastric cancer (GC) is a major clinical challenge because of its frequency, and poor prognosis. The etiology of GC is still uncertain, but its familial aggregation in a variable but significant proportion of cases suggests ...
Rotator cuff tears: Are they all in the family?
May 01, 2009 |
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People with relatives who have experienced rotator cuff tears are at increased risk of similar tendon tears themselves, according to a study published in the May 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) ...
Researchers discover that gene switches on during development of epilepsy
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2009 |
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A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
