Genes and Common Diseases
Filed in archive General Health by Florence Cardinal on June 11, 2007

And the research continues. Egghead reports:
- Coronary heart disease.
- Type 1 diabetes.
- Type 2 diabetes.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Hypertension.
- Crohn's disease.
- Bipolar disorder. .
Michael Seldin and colleagues at the UC Davis School of Medicine have been awarded a grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to look at the role of ancestry in women's health, especially heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer and bone fractures due to osteoporosis. The study will draw on samples taken from 160,000 women enrolled in the NIH's (National Institute of Health) 15-year Women's Health Initiative study.
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