Mental health is an essential aspect of overall well-being, yet it often remains shrouded in stigma and silence. Many families hesitate to discuss their mental health history, but doing so is crucial ...

For the first 18 years of my life, my family history was a complete mystery. I was adopted as a baby, and while at times that reality has been painful, I was extremely fortunate to have been raised by ...

When you fill out forms at your doctor’s office, do you wonder why it matters whether or not your grandmother had high blood pressure or diabetes? Your doctor also asks you questions like this. Why is ...

As the year winds down and families come together for the holidays, it’s an ideal time to discuss family health history. But why would you choose to take on a potentially sensitive subject, you might ...

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When I see a client or patient for an initial evaluation, one of the most important things I ask about is family history. I ask whether any first-degree relatives (mother, father, siblings, children) ...

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This paper describes the implementation outcomes associated with integrating a family health history–based risk assessment and clinical decision support platform within primary care clinics at four ...

For many observers, the term “genomic medicine” conjures up space-age images of microarray chips, bioinformatics, and designer drugs. Today, with medicine poised at the dawn of the genomic era, it is ...

I’ve always known that my family has a history of heart-related health problems. My maternal grandmother had high blood pressure, as do other relatives on my mom’s side. Some also have heart rhythm ...