Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions
Language: English
Published by Perigee Books, 2010
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- Title
- Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions
- Author
- Brandon Colby MD
- Publisher
- Perigee Books
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0399535578
- ISBN 13
- 9780399535574
- Item weight
- 1.06 pounds
Written in straightforward, nontechnical language, Outsmart Your Genes enables everyone, even those without any background in genetics or medicine, to understand the benefits of predictive medicine. Separating myth from fact and answering all the tough questions, Outsmart Your Genes clearly explains:
- How the revolutionary new medical specialty called predictive medicine analyzes your genes and provides you with clear solutions to protect your health and wellbeing.
- What the process will entail and how simple it is. For example, the process doesn't even require blood or use needles - instead, all that's needed in order to run the analysis is a small amount of your saliva.
- What your genes can reveal about your overall health and how we can use that information to provide you with a genetically tailored plan for preventing cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, obesity, and many other conditions. As opposed to just generalities, specific examples are given so that you'll know exactly how medicine will improve your life.
- The many ways in-which learning about your genes can help you formulate a genetically tailored nutrition and athletic plan that may help you shed those extra pounds and stay trim and fit.
- How predictive medicine can help both prospective and current parents protect their children against SIDS and also help minimize the impact of and most effectively treat many other childhood diseases such as autism, asthma, dyslexia, obesity, and diabetes.
- Why analyzing your children's genes may provide the best chance they have to fight against diseases that may not affect them until later in life, including Alzheimer's, many forms of cancer (such as breast cancer and skin cancer), multiple sclerosis, and even hearing loss.
- How groundbreaking advancements in the fields of genetic analysis, including predictive medicine panels and disease matrix technology, allow you and your physician to avoid information overload and focus only on the information most relevant to you.
- The important concepts you need to understand before speaking with a doctor.
- Learn about the genetic technologies of companies that provide genetic testing including 23andMe, Illumina, Life Technologies, Complete Genomics, Pacific Biosciences, Sequenom, Quest and LabCorp.
- The top five questions you need to ask in order to assess:
- The credibility of the laboratory doing the testing.
- The types of diseases included in the test.
- How thoroughly the test actually evaluates your risk for each of the diseases.
- Whether the information is provided in a way that makes it actionable.
- Whether the results will be delivered in a format that is straightforward and easy to understand.
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About the Author
Dr. Colby is the founder of Sequencing.com and practices medicine in Los Angeles, California.
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