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trafficking

n. illegal transportation and trade in people or commodities. Human trafficking involves the transport of men, women, or children from one location to another, usually by coercion (e.g., kidnapping or threats) or by enticement through fraudulent means (e.g., with promises of legitimate work), to be forcibly exploited for the profit of others. Examples of such exploitation include forced servitude, prostitution (sex trafficking), forced extraction of organs for sale to the medical market for transplantation, and surrogacy in which a woman is coerced into bearing a child for another. Human trafficking has become a multimillion dollar international industry. Trafficking also refers to the smuggling of cocaine, heroin, and other illegal drugs from their point of manufacture in one location to their distribution and sale in another (i.e., drug trafficking).

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October 5th 2024

lifetime risk

lifetime risk

the odds that one will be diagnosed with a disease or condition during one’s lifetime (usually stated in terms of 70 to 85 years). It is often important for individuals undergoing genetic counseling to differentiate lifetime risk from the risk of being diagnosed with the disease in the next 5 or 10 years.