Monday, November 8, 2010

Family History IS Important!


AP News article entitled "Family Health History a Powerful, Underutilized Tool." The article discusses a new study that finds that taking a detailed family health history is almost as powerful a prediction tool for certain diseases as taking bloodwork or other medical tests. Why do you think physicians have moved away from using detailed family health histories? How could this be re-incorporated into our healthcare system? To create a Family Health History, go to the "My Family Health History" website.

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