The short answer is yes, but I know that you are looking for a complete answer with all its nuances. Also, before delving into these complexities, it is important to recall how lifestyle diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are diagnosed today. The majority of diagnoses for such diseases are after serious symptoms develop. Of course, an increasing number of diagnoses today are also from routine health check-ups often sponsored by employers. But this is still a woeful minority of detections. In any case, both these types of diagnoses are post-event affairs. By event, I specifically mean the development of these diseases. Why does this matter? In fact, this not only matters, but is an issue of life and death. Because once the disease sets in, treatment options are l
Can a DNA test predict your risk for diabetes or heart disease?

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