Multiple sclerosis: is the disease hereditary?
© shutterstockIn France, approximately 110,000 people suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS). "It is a pathology that develops more in young ...
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I have osteoarthritis: is it hereditary or not?
© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© ShutterstockNo, osteoarthritis is not an "old man's disease"! In France, nearly half of the 10 ...
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Hereditary depression: what if it didn’t go through the genes?
By studying male mice suffering from depression, Chinese researchers found that they were able to pass these traits on to ...
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Brain malformations are written in our genes
Chiari malformation is a brain disease that mainly affects children but is rarely detected. Its origin could come from two ...
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Venous disease: if your parents have varicose veins, consult!
The risk of developing a venous disease before the age of 35 is greatly increased in the event of heredity ...
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“I started getting my legs treated when I was 19”
Venous disease, chronic and progressive, sometimes requires early management. The testimony of Véronique, 59, followed for 40 years.A family heredity, ...
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Venous disease: earlier and more progressive in case of heredity
Among the triggering factors of venous disease in France, heredity comes first. And beyond its influence on the frequency of ...
Read moreI have osteoarthritis: is it hereditary or not?
© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© Shutterstock© ShutterstockNo, osteoarthritis is not an "old man's disease"! In France, nearly half of the 10 ...
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Gene therapy: hope for patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy
© Getty Images/iStockphotoHave you ever heard of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy? LHON is a rare inherited disease that affects around ...
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Obesity is largely hereditary
Obesity is inherited for 30 to 45% of parents, according to the results of a study published in the medical ...
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World Hemophilia Day: a still little-known hereditary disease
This World Hemophilia Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of this rare hereditary genetic disease which affects around 7,000 ...
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Hereditary cancers: disappearance of medical confidentiality
© iStockPhotoThis is a new advance in the prevention of the risks of hereditary cancers. From now on, people who ...
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Marfan: excessive flexibility that puts the heart at risk
Marfan syndrome is an inherited connective tissue disease that affects people who are tall and very flexible (hyperlaxes). Skeletal, eye, ...
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Lypemania: presentation of a new form of depression
Do you no longer want anything, or do you feel frozen in your life? You may be suffering from hypemania.Lypémanie ...
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Hereditary diseases: are you at risk?
You have an overweight parent: limit excess It's not difficult to know if you are the one in the family ...
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Sleep: Is Insomnia Hereditary?
© ThinkstockWhat if insomnia is hereditary? In any case, this is the hypothesis supported by researchers at the University of ...
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Weight: the family heritage weighs heavily on the scales
The corpulence of children is linked to that of parents. Parents' weight is particularly decisive when they are overweight.It's a ...
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Fragile X: a hereditary disease detected late
© iStockPhotoFragile X syndrome (also known as Martin and Bell Syndrome) is the second leading cause of intellectual disability in ...
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Depression: the family risk weighs on 3 generations
Having depressed parents and grandparents triples the risk of having it yourself, according to an American study.The ancestors weigh heavily ...
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Nantes researchers take an interest in hereditary cholesterol
© istockHypercholesterolemia, an excessively high rate of cholesterol in the blood, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Problem, some have ...
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Genetic cancers: the French want to know more
The French believe they are poorly informed about cancers of genetic origin. But 60% of them are worried about having ...
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Bloom syndrome: self-test creates controversy
A self-test to determine the risk of transmission of genetic diseases has received the green light from the US Medicines ...
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Hereditary cancer in the family
Do I have it too? It is not the nicest post you can receive: a letter stating that you have ...
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Call: did you receive a Family letter about hereditary cancer?
In about 5% of all people with cancer, genetic predisposition is the main cause of the disease. What does that ...
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Cholesterol: pay attention to its hereditary nature
© ThinkstockOnly one in 100 patients is diagnosed. Familial hypercholesterolemia is a serious genetic disease that could affect one in ...
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Can I lower hereditary cholesterol with food?
I found out that elevated LDL cholesterol runs in our family. Do I really need medication for this, or can ...
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Trauma would leave hereditary sequelae
Trauma leaves scars that could be passed on to the third generation. This is the conclusion of a study conducted ...
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Is dementia hereditary?
Genes that increase the risk of Alzheimer's There are many forms of dementia, some rare forms are hereditary. There are ...
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Is an anxiety disorder or phobia hereditary?
Good question! In this section Plus goes in search of answers to nagging questions. Why do your ears keep growing ...
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Is my elevated cholesterol hereditary?
How do you find out if there is a family history of high cholesterol? And what should you do then? ...
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