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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Daniel Sternberg answered
49 years experience Clinical Psychology
Disease hereditary?: Which disease are you referring to? Please be specific. Many diseases are heretable, and yet may depend upon environmental factors to actually be exp ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Patrick Melder answered
27 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
No: Although, there is at times an increase or exacerbation in symptoms in patients with allergies. Antihistamines can reduce the symptoms of both meniere ... Read More
Dr. Phil Zapanta answered
21 years experience ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
It is possible: There is some good evidence that meniere's disease and allergies are related. Up to a 1/3 of meniere's disease patients will test positive on skin te ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
It can: Cigarette smoke is the most studied indoor pollutant.Living among smokers doubles or triples the frequency of common respiratory illnesses in kids.It ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Both can: Environment: maternal alcohol intake producing fetal alcohol syndrome
health: maternal rubella producing babies that are born deaf, blind and mentall ... Read More
A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Golder Wilson answered
Specializes in Clinical Genetics
Yes in most cases: Skin disorders like congenital ichthyosis (fish skin) can be inherited.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Varies: There are numerous acquired neurological diseases, but also a host of genetically caused problems. The environment may or may not play a role, but cl ... Read More
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Warren Foster answered
20 years experience Cardiac Electrophysiology
Environmental heart: Environmental causes of heart disease are difficult to correlate accurately. Here's a link to an article that discusses the different evidence and ma ... Read More
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Werner answered
44 years experience Cardiology
Smoke: Smoking and second hand smoke.
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Werner answered
44 years experience Cardiology
Tobacco: Smoking and cocaine.
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Dr. Laura McMullen answered
21 years experience Pediatrics
1 : 1 in 2000 children are born with a limb deformity ranging from a missing part of a finger to missing entire arms and legs. Most of the time, the cause ... Read More
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