Genetics and Comorbidity
Diseases often go hand in hand, DNA research shows why
Many people have not one, but several health problems at the same time. This is called comorbidity, and it has a major impact on how we understand diseases and what treatment patients with different comorbidities need.
Common comorbidities are combinations of different psychiatric conditions, of different heart conditions, or of psychiatric and heart conditions together.
The research of Cato Romero shows that various psychiatric and cardiovascular diseases share a large part of their genetic risk, and that this contributes significantly to the development of comorbidities.
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