Disease Risk

Families should catalog medical history

Published in Law and Health Weekly, December 4th, 2004

Thanksgiving is an ideal time for families to catalog their medical histories with a new government computer program that officials say can save critical time - and lives - for people who might inherit illnesses like breast cancer and heart disease.

"Knowing your family's history can save your life," Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona said. "You'll be amazed at what you learn."

Merely organizing a family's medical history often means power to predict and perhaps head off diseases prevalent in families even before they appear.

Health and genetic experts announced a free, Internet-based computer program that compiles information...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2004-12-04)

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