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- The lure of the Kremlin: the court of Ivan the Terrible and global networks in the 16th century
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- The mystery of Master Humphrey: one of Dickens's most enigmatic characters
- John Bull vs Stinkomalee: Tory opposition in the early days of the University of London (now UCL)
- The metaphysics of concrete
- Genetic testing for risk of heart disease: fact or fiction?
- From Euclid to modern geometry: do the angles of a triangle really add up to 180?
- The Great American Novel: how and why?
- Patents stop people doing things. So why are they a good thing?
- Having it all: dispelling the myths about work and motherhood
- The search for genius and Einstein's brain
- 3D imaging: nanotechnology and the quest for better medical sensors
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Genetic testing for risk of heart disease: fact or fiction?
13 March 2012
23 February 2012
Prof Steve Humphries (UCL Institute of Human Genetics and Health)
An
individual’s risk of Coronary Heart Disease is currently based on
classical risk factors such as age, gender, blood pressure, smoking habits
and obesity. However, most heart attacks occur in individuals with only average
classical risk factors. In this lecture, Professor Humphries will discuss how
family history of Heart Disease is also an important predictor, and how
identifying specific genes and DNA variants within family history could help
doctors offer lifestyle and drug advice to individuals. This lecture with
then focus on the need for researchers to explore different ways of presenting
information about genetic risk, to find approaches that minimise a sense of
fatalism and maximise motivation for behaviour change.
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