Saturday, February 8, 2014 -- Know Your Family History - Improve Your Health

A Q?rius exhibit. Participate in a demonstration of how your ancestry, family culture, and lifestyle choices can influence your future health. Learn how to use one of the most powerful genetic tools, your family health history, to identify specific ways to stay healthy. Let us dispel common myths about genetics and inheritance, and learn how to recognize what information matters. Leave knowing how to get the information, services, and resource tools you need to assess your risks and take charge of your health. Staff from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center will speak at the event.Location: Q?rius Exhibit on Ground Floor, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryStart: February 08, 2014 @ 02:00 PMEnd: February 08, 2014 @ 03:00 PM
Source: NHGRI Events - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: events