Families Urged to Discuss Medical History
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Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history - generations of it - to help identify breast, heart and other problems early enough to prevent them.
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Women of childbearing age in Westmoreland County will be asked to participate in a ground-breaking examination of the effects of environmental, genetic, social and physical
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Over half of those concerned about a strong family history of cancer are right to be, a study suggests.
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Illustration by Mark Coomer / Courier &amp; Press. WASHINGTON - At family gatherings, talk of the latest ailments is a dinnertime staple.
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A plea by doctors' leaders to give greater protection to family GPs will be acted upon, the health minister promises.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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Medical advances are forcing more patients and families to confront ever more grueling choices about living and dying.
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Several local family-practice doctors spent much of Tuesday fielding telephone calls and questions about two widely used pain relievers that might - or might not - raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Geneology often holds the key to understanding the origin of serious diseases in those with a Hispanic heritage.
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Advances in genetic testing are straining the sacred bond of confidentiality between doctor and patient as physicians grapple with whether to keep private diagnoses that might also afflict patients' relatives.
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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., Feb. 26 -- In a light-filled lobby of a hospital for sick children, an American mother talked on Monday with an Iraqi father about how their lives had been altered and entwined by a war thousands of miles away.
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Couples who have a risk of passing on an inherited form of colon cancer to their children will be allowed to have their embryos screened to ensure they do not carry the faulty gene that causes the illness.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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(CBS) The surgeon general has declared this Thanksgiving Day the first National Family History Day, to highlight the importance of being aware of health problems that run in the family, reports The Early Show medical correspondent Dr.
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Advances in genetic testing are placing strains on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, as doctors grapple with whether to tell a patient's relatives when the patient has an inherited disease or mutation that could afflict other members of the family.
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Talking about parentsÂ funeral plans can be uncomfortable but it can resolve important issues.
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A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.