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Predictive medicine involves predicting the probability of disea= se and implementing measures to either prevent the disease altogether or si= gnificantly decrease its impact upon the patient. The outcomes of predictiv= e medicine are often applied to the care of individual patients, but may al= so inform the deployment of resources to entire populations at high risk.= p>
The goal of predictive medicine is to predict the probability of future = disease so that healthcare professionals and the patient themselves can be = proactive in implementing lifestyle modifications and increased physician s= urveillance, such as regular skin exams, mammograms, or colonoscopies. Pred= ictive medicine changes the paradigm of medicine from being reactive to bei= ng proactive, and has the potential to significantly extend the duration of= health and to decrease the incidence, prevalence and cost of diseases.
Much attention has been focused on the availability of genetic makers of= vulnerability to specific illnesses. However the accurate capture of pheno= typic (e.g. height and weight, blood pressure), environmental factors (e.g.= smoking, alcohol consumption) and other lifestyle factors (e.g. exercise, = nutrition, quality of life) is not to be overlooked. For example:
SNOMED CT can help to support predictive medicine by: