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Research by UC San Francisco’s Sharon suggests migraine headaches predispose people to BPPV, by causing crystals to dislodge from their normal location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"The whole team undertakes a standardized warm-up that addresses a number of physical concerns that predispose our female athletes to ACLs," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

Nothing in her environment would predispose her to cancer, except for being in close proximity to the fires.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

“But unfortunately, when it makes that change in cell type, there are genetic changes that predispose a patient to cancer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024

Attitudes such as these certainly predispose one to innumeracy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Nor does it hurt that the extraordinary popularity of the Harry Potter movies predisposes much of the audience to sympathy and affection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

This predisposes them to developing the disease but in itself is not symptomatic.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024

"Pollutants make you more allergic in general and this can trigger eczema, being an allergic individual predisposes you to developing eczema compared with a non-allergic person."

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023

Few countries in the region even screen for the disease and give affected newborns penicillin as prophylaxis against the infections to which their condition predisposes them, says Ambroise Wonkam, a geneticist at Johns Hopkins University.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 12, 2023

By the uninterrupted use of animal food, a putrid diathesis is induced in the system, which predisposes to a variety of disorders.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

Among participants assigned to the low-carb diet, those who were genetically predisposed to higher LDL cholesterol were more likely to experience an increase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

She underwent two DNA tests at the University of Washington to see if she had any genes that might have predisposed her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025

What's more, With Love, Meghan was never going to change opinions of those who are already, for whatever reason, predisposed against her - just as her new podcast series is unlikely to.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

Wojcicki said inquiries poured into 23andMe in 2015 after actor Angelina Jolie disclosed that she’d undergone a precautionary double mastectomy upon learning she carried a gene that predisposed her to breast cancer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

These same internal stirrings also predisposed him to regard all perfectly symmetrical narratives or stories preaching an obvious moral message and populated by larger-than-life heroes as utter fabrications.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

There may also be "predisposing factors", such as trauma, issues from early childhood, or negative self-belief, that can make it harder to curb your use, she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Selenium itself is an oxidant, but in low doses it activates responses in a controlled manner, predisposing the body to better defense.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

But a recent study suggested that the risk of so-called long COVID-19 is highest among people with one of four predisposing factors, including Type 2 diabetes and the presence of autoantibodies.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

“Climate change is predisposing the fuels into drier conditions,” Stephens said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

Was there anything about the Chinese environment predisposing toward Confucian philosophy and cultural conservatism, which may also have profoundly affected history?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond