Patent ID: 8099424

Claim:
A computer based method for determining a treatment for an illness associated with an individual by identifying modifiable attributes of that individual, said computer including a data input device, a processor, a memory, and an output device, the method comprising: a) receiving a query into said processor that is representative of an illness associated with an individual; b) accessing in said memory an attribute profile associated with the individual, the attribute profile comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes; c) accessing a database in said memory containing a set of attribute combinations associated with successful treatment of the illness, each attribute combination containing at least one pangenetic attribute, the database also containing corresponding statistical results which indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with successful treatment of the illness; d) determining one or more treatments for the individual based on at least one comparison of the attribute profile with the set of attribute combinations, i) rank-ordering the attribute combinations based on the at least one comparison and the corresponding statistical results; ii) identifying one or more of the attribute combinations that meet a predetermined threshold applied to rank; and iii) selecting one or more modifiable attributes from at least one of the identified attribute combinations that meet the predetermined threshold applied to rank to determine one or more treatments for the individual, wherein the one or more modifiable attributes do not occur in the attribute profile of the individual; and e) transmitting the determination as output through said output device, wherein the determination transmitted as output comprises one or more modifiable attributes associated with a corresponding potential for successful treatment of the illness that is greater than or equal to a user specified threshold.