Newsletter rhabdomyolysis medical author: siamak n. nabili, md, mph medical editor: william c. shiel jr., md, facp, facr medically reviewed on 8/10/2016 table of contents rhabdomyolysis facts what is rhabdomyolysis? what causes rhabdomyolysis? what are the symptoms of rhabdomyolysis? what should i do if i think i have rhabdomyolysis? how is rhabdomyolysis diagnosed? what are the complications of rhabdomyolysis? how is rhabdomyolysis treated? what is the prognosis for rhabdomyolysis? 1/9 rhabdomyolysis facts rhabdomyolysis is the rapid destruction of skeletal muscle resulting in leakage into the urine of the muscle protein myoglobin. rhabdomyolysis has many causes. medications can cause muscle injury and rhabdomyolysis. rhabdomyolysis can cause muscle pain and weakness. blood levels of muscle enzymes, including cpk, sgot, sgpt, and ldh, as well as blood and urine myoglobin are used to diagnose and monitor rhabdomyolysis. hospitalization is sometimes required to treat rhabdomyolysis.…

a "theory" a suggestion that is not 100 % accurate, or a figure. some people say its a theory because they of all the passed theory's about one subject. it depends sometimes theory might be accurate and sometimes they are.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."