Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: A Stepwise Approach to Using Your Family Health PortraitLearning about your own family's health history may save your life.Keeping a record of your family's history will help you identify genetic factors and risks that you may also have.Knowing these can alert you and your doctor about things to watch.But just because someone in your family history has or had a certain disease or condition doesn't mean you will also have that problem.Genetics are only one part of the picture.Your lifestyle, habits, and the environment in which you live may be even more important.These are the things that you can control and change.New tools help you and your family accomplish this.Prepared for the subscribers of Pharmacist's Letter / Prescriber's Letter to give to their patients.
Author: Joseph A. Woelfel
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2773716009