▁personal ised ▁health ▁plans ▁to ▁help ▁patients ▁mit ig ate ▁ris ks , ▁prevent ▁disease ▁and ▁to ▁treat ▁it ▁with ▁precision ▁when ▁it ▁occurs . ▁The ▁concepts ▁of ▁personal ised ▁health ▁care ▁are ▁receiving ▁increasing ▁accept ance ▁with ▁the ▁V eter ans ▁Administration ▁comm itting ▁to ▁personal ised , ▁pro active ▁patient ▁driven ▁care ▁for ▁all ▁veter ans . ▁In ▁some ▁instances ▁personal ised ▁health ▁care ▁can ▁be ▁tail ored ▁to ▁the ▁markup ▁of ▁the ▁disease ▁causing ▁agent ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁patient ' s ▁gen etic ▁markup ; ▁examples ▁are ▁drug ▁resist ant ▁b acter ia ▁or ▁vir uses . ▁ ▁Method ▁ ▁In ▁order ▁for ▁phys icians ▁to ▁know ▁if ▁a ▁mut ation ▁is ▁connected ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁disease , ▁research ers ▁often ▁do ▁a ▁study ▁called ▁a ▁“ gen ome - wide ▁association ▁study ” ▁( G W AS ). ▁A ▁G W AS ▁study ▁will ▁look ▁at ▁one ▁disease , ▁and ▁then ▁sequence ▁the ▁gen ome ▁of ▁many ▁patients ▁with ▁that ▁particular ▁ ▁disease ▁to ▁look ▁for ▁shared ▁mut ations ▁in ▁the ▁gen ome . ▁Mut ations ▁that ▁are ▁determined ▁to ▁be ▁related ▁to ▁a ▁disease ▁by ▁a ▁G W AS ▁study ▁can ▁then ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁diagn ose ▁that ▁disease ▁in ▁future ▁patients , ▁by ▁looking ▁at ▁their ▁gen ome ▁sequence ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁same ▁mut ation . ▁The ▁first ▁G W AS , ▁conducted ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁studied ▁patients ▁with ▁age - related ▁mac ular ▁deg ener ation ▁( AR MD ). ▁It ▁found