How important is it to know your family’s medical history? And to what degree? Dr. David Baron talks about following patterns of heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes among first-degree relatives and how understanding family medical history will help track which diseases individuals have a tendency to inherit.
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Hey Daily Bruin and Dr. Baron! Thanks so much for this great discussion on family health history! GenesInLife.org has a family health history toolkit that’s a great guide to collecting this important information and sharing it with your doctor. We’re offering free copies of our family health history booklets at http://www.genesinlife.org/orderFhh. We would love for you to check it out!