{"id":119370,"date":"2017-09-25T05:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=119370"},"modified":"2017-09-25T05:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:53:25","slug":"studying-1-million-people-to-end-cookie-cutter-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/25\/studying-1-million-people-to-end-cookie-cutter-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying 1 million people to end cookie cutter health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_119373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119373\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/washington.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119373\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/washington.png\" alt=\"A pilot is under way now. If all goes well, the National Institutes of Health plans to open enrolment early next year. (Google maps)\" width=\"395\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/washington.png 395w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/washington-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pilot is under way now. If all goes well, the National Institutes of Health plans to open enrolment early next year. (Google maps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments, and lifestyles interact.<\/p>\n<p>Today, health care is based on averages, what worked best in short studies of a few hundred or thousand patients. The massive \u201cAll of Us\u201d project instead will push what&#8217;s called precision medicine, using traits that make us unique to forecast health and treat disease.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to end cookie-cutter health care.<\/p>\n<p>A pilot is underway now. If all goes well, the National Institutes of Health plans to open enrollment early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will get DNA tests, and report on their diet, sleep, exercise and numerous other health-affecting factors. It&#8217;s a commitment: The study aims to run for at least 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>This story is part of Genetic Frontiers, AP&#8217;s ongoing exploration of the rapidly growing understanding of DNA and new attempts to manipulate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014 U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":119373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,17],"tags":[24699,24700,24698],"class_list":["post-119370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-news-w","tag-1-million-people","tag-cookie-cutter-health-care","tag-u-s-researchers","mauthors-lauran-neergaard","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}