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From the Ted Talk by Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate

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These differences were highly significant. Even your seaxul oagnrs get more blood flow, so you increase sexual potency. One of the most effective anti-smoking ads was done by the Department of Health sceivres, showing that nicotine, which constricts your arteries, can cause a heart attack or a skrtoe, but it also causes imtcenpoe. Half of guys who smoke are impotent. How sexy is that?

Now we're also about to publish a study — the first study showing you can cngahe gene expression in men with ptsratoe cancer. This is what's called a heat map — and the different colors — and along the side, on the right, are different genes. And we found that over 500 genes were favorably changed — in effect, turning on the good genes, the disease-preventing genes, turning off the disease-promoting gnees.

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These differences were highly significant. Even your ______ ______ get more blood flow, so you increase sexual potency. One of the most effective anti-smoking ads was done by the Department of Health ________, showing that nicotine, which constricts your arteries, can cause a heart attack or a ______, but it also causes _________. Half of guys who smoke are impotent. How sexy is that?

Now we're also about to publish a study — the first study showing you can ______ gene expression in men with ________ cancer. This is what's called a heat map — and the different colors — and along the side, on the right, are different genes. And we found that over 500 genes were favorably changed — in effect, turning on the good genes, the disease-preventing genes, turning off the disease-promoting _____.

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  1. change
  2. impotence
  3. genes
  4. sexual
  5. prostate
  6. stroke
  7. organs
  8. services

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These differences were highly significant. Even your sexual organs get more blood flow, so you increase sexual potency. One of the most effective anti-smoking ads was done by the Department of Health Services, showing that nicotine, which constricts your arteries, can cause a heart attack or a stroke, but it also causes impotence. Half of guys who smoke are impotent. How sexy is that?

Now we're also about to publish a study — the first study showing you can change gene expression in men with prostate cancer. This is what's called a heat map — and the different colors — and along the side, on the right, are different genes. And we found that over 500 genes were favorably changed — in effect, turning on the good genes, the disease-preventing genes, turning off the disease-promoting genes.

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