FAMILY TREE AS RELATED TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES

* Genetics - Carrier Identification...A carrier is a person who has an abnormal copy of a gene. A carrier can pass an inherited (genetic) disease on to his or her...has an abnormal copy of a gene. This is why the family tree is important to you and your loved ones. Listed below are just a FEW of the documented 'inherited diseases'. WHO KNEW!

Who Is Eligible to Join an Inherited Cancer Registry?

Anyone with a strong family history of cancer (more than two close relatives with the disease) may join the inherited cancer registry.

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* Inherited Liver Diseases: A look at the symptoms and treatments for inherited liver diseases...The two most common inherited liver diseases are hemochromatosis and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Hemochromatosis is a disease in...
* Heart Disease: Marfan syndrome is an inherited disease that affects the connective tissue.
* Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
* Sickle Cell Disease: Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder, passed from parent to child. Prevention Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder
* BRCA Breast Cancers: Breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations are as likely to survive their disease as women who don't carry the inherited breast cancer genes, a study shows.
* Who Gets Alzheimer's? Will you ever get Alzheimer's disease? The genes you've inherited carry most of the risk, an identical-twin study shows.
* AAT Test Kit: Alpha-one-antitrypsin deficiency is the second most common inherited disease among caucasians in the U.S., yet it is often under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed. Researchers hope a new free blood screening kit will find more cases more easily.
* Understanding Hemophilia: The hemophilias are inherited disorders that cause abnormal bleeding. Symptoms range from increased bleeding after trauma, injury, or surgery to sudden bleeding.
# Mitral Valve Prolapse: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is usually an inherited (genetic) condition that affects the mitral valve tissue.1 Inherited...down through family members.
# Genetics: Genetic counselors are trained to help you understand your risk of having a child with an inherited (genetic) disease, such...understand your risk of having a child with an inherited.
# Hair Loss: Excessive hair loss (more than 100 hairs a day) can be caused by inherited factors, disease, stress, medications, injury, aging, or hair care.
# Mitral Valve Prolapse: If your family has mitral valve prolapse (MVP), you are more likely to develop it yourself.
# Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening: What Causes Hereditary Hemochromatosis?
# Hemophilia: Because it is an inherited genetic disease, hemophilia cannot be prevented. Here's what you should know if you're thinking about having a child.
* ...A child must inherit two defective CF genes (one defective gene from each parent) to have the disease. A person who has inherited...defective gene from each parent) to have the disease.
* Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening: What Is Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease caused by a change (mutation) in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR).
* Tay-Sachs Disease: Sachs disease is a rare genetic disorder in which little or no hexosaminidase A (hex A) enzyme is produced by the body.
* Hair Loss: What Increases Your Risk Open in new window Learn about factors that increase the risk of hair loss...What Increases Your Risk Factors that increase the risk of hair loss include: Genetics (inherited tendency).
* Huntington's Disease Genetic Test: What is Huntington's disease? Huntington's disease is a rare condition that causes parts of the brain to break down, or degenerate.
* Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening: Hereditary hemochromatosis is a disorder that is passed from a parent to a child (inherited) that causes the body to absorb iron.
* Down Syndrome: Down syndrome is a lifelong condition in which a person is born with distinct physical features.
* Klinefelter Syndrome: Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects males.
* Phenylketonuria (PKU): Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder in which a baby lacks or has very low levels of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH).
* Chronic Kidney Disease: Some of the things that lead to chronic kidney disease are related to your age and your genetic makeup.
* Mad Cow Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: "Mad Cow" is an infectious disease in the brain of cattle. Humans who become infected, usually by eating tissue from diseased...Jakob disease (nvCJD).
* I Cell Disease: Important...It is possible that the main title of the report I Cell Disease is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms...Deficiency Inclusion Cell Disease None I-cell disease (mucolipidosis...
* Farber's Disease: Important...It is possible that the main title of the report Farber's Disease is not the name you expected.
* Inherited Colorectal Cancer: The 2 most common inherited colorectal cancer syndromes are hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
* Glycogen Storage Disease Type I: Type I glycogen storage disease is inherited.
* Vascular disease:Vascular disease (pain management)includes any condition that affects your circulatory system.
* Parkinson's Disease: What Causes It? Why Parkinson's disease occurs and how the neurons become impaired is not known.
* Celiac Disease Symptoms: The signs and symptoms of celiac disease vary among individuals, ranging from no symptoms, few or mild signs and symptoms, to many or severe signs and symptoms.
* Crohn's Disease Causes: ...diarrhea, weight loss, fever, rectal bleeding, and more) and treatment of this chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines...activation of the immune system is genetically inherited.
* Hirschsprung's Disease: Hirschsprung's disease (congenital aganglionic megacolon) is a birth defect in which nerve cells in the wall of the colon (large intestine) do not develop.