what a patient may suffer from many years into the future. This is part of what our scientists are hoping to achieve with their genetic research.  By identifying and unlocking the genetic code inherent in every living human and then cross referencing that with patients suffering from serious conditions, we may be able to give doctors the ability to predict a number of common problems.  A healthy patient could visit a doctor who would then run a number of different tests.  These tests would produce a score sheet of sorts that would tell the doctor, through a system of probability, which problems a patient may suffer from. Using this score sheet, the doctor can then begin to prescribe either a series of treatments or a course of medication which will help to prevent the problem many years before it arises.  Someone who is at obvious risk for heart failure in the next decade or so could then be placed on a series of medications which would prevent the growth of the problems that lead to heart failure.  Someone who may, one day, suffer from serious diabetes, can be placed on a proper diet and exercise regime that may prevent their diabetes from ever arising. Preventative medicine like this will be a common sight in the future.  The advantages of doing this are clear to both doctors and insurance companies alike.  The ability to administer rather simple and low cost procedures now can prevent the need for complex and extremely expensive