Mayo Clinic Minute – Knowing your loved ones well being historical past might save your life
Does most cancers, kidney illness or hypertension run in your loved ones? The holidays are the right time to share household well being info together with your family members.
The Office of the Surgeon General declared Thanksgiving as National Family History Day to encourage households to share details about household medical points that could be inherited or handed down by way of genetics.
Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo Clinic household drugs doctor, says reviewing household historical past can considerably have an effect on total well being.
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