Angelou's second autobiography, Gather Together in My Name, recounts her life from age 17 to 19. This book depicts a single mother's slide down the social ladder into poverty and crime,[20], Angelou at times working as a prostitute and as the madame of a brothel.
Genetic factors increase the tendency of developing autoimmune diseases, and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and autoimmune thyroid disorders are more common among relatives of people with lupus than the general population.. The precise reason for the abnormal autoimmunity that causes lupus is not known. Inherited genes, viruses, ultraviolet light, and certain medications may all play some role.
No. Cancer is not really hereditary in the true sense of the word. Hereditary means that you definitely get a trait such as eye colour or an illness from the genes you inherit from your parents. The cause of cancer is not as simple as that. Cancers are not caused by just one gene. Cancer is usually an illness of older people and most cancers occur when several genetic changes occur in a cell. This is called sporadic cancer. But some people inherit faulty (mutated) genes which make their chance of developing a particular cancer higher than normal.