Pass the turkey -- and your family health insights -- this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is also Family Health History Day, an annual national campaign to promote awareness of hereditary health traits in families. Has your grandmother, mother, aunt or sister had breast or ovarian cancer? Has your grandfather, father or uncle had prostate, breast or pancreatic cancer? Is there a history in your family of colon cancer, diabetes or high cholesterol?  If any of these scenarios resonate within your family, you could also be at risk.  Many hereditary…
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