I was taught that evolution was survival of the fittest, which begs the question, what am I doing here? My genes should have been eliminated thousands of years ago.

I tried hrt a few years ago, but it made my cholesterol soar.

I can`t figure out how one person (me) can be predisposed to so many diseases. My ancestors really sucked!

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It has just occurred to me how genetic engineering will affect society and healthcare in the future. I think that cleaning up the human genome will do more for public health than sanitation, vaccines and antibiotics combined.

Iv`e just had a new report from 23and me. Apparently I have a 22 percent risk of type 2 diabetes on top of all the other diseases that I`m predisposed to. It seems that alzheimers, age related macular degeneration and coeliac disease weren`t enough, Mother nature decided to dump something else on me...

this is good news, but to be frank, if I was forced to choose between one disease or another, I`m much more scared of alzheimers than cancer.

I read recently that all of our closest cousins in the animal kingdom, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, have 2 copies of apoe4. If this is true, then how come you never hear of them developing dementia, even the oldest ones in captivity. Their brains apparently don`t shrink with age either, but our...

Iv`e read that one of the reasons that apoe4 causes alzheimers is that apoe4 blocks regeneration of nerve cells in the brain. If so, why would this be? surely there`s no evolutionary advantage to this. Is there a way to overcome this disadvantage and promote neurogeneration despite having the apoe4 ...

I`m facing the prospect of having to have an operation under general anaesthetic, & I`m very concerned about the risks because of my age and apoe4 status. The doctors don`t want to use a local because the outcome might not be as good if I`m awake during the procedure. Has anyone here had a gener...