31. Cattle younger than that are seen as less likely to develop the disease. 32. Close relatives of those patients have a high hereditary risk of developing the disease. 33. Diabetics, for example, are more likely to develop gum disease, and gum disease in turn makes it more difficult for diabetics to control their blood sugar. 34. Do they eventually develop diseases, like diabetes or heart disease, that are more common among the obese? 35. Eventually, says the American Cancer Society, one in five American men will develop the disease. 36. Fanconi is a recessive disorder, which means both parents must pass along one copy of the mutated gene in order for a child to develop the disease. 37. Even if two women had the same risk factors for breast cancer, one might develop the disease while the other would not. 38. Fat people are up to five times more likely to develop the disease and three times more likely to develop high blood pressure, Bouchard said. 39. Few women would return to the life of a peasant in an agrarian culture, even if it lessened their chances of developing the disease. 40. For example, he said, when the chemokine is blocked with antibodies, mice no longer can develop a disease that resembles multiple sclerosis. |