Showing posts with label family health portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family health portrait. Show all posts

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Family History Spotlight

Family history is in the spotlight this season. Learning about your family's health history may help you have a longer and healthier future together.

Because only a third of Americans have ever tried to gather and write down their family's health history, the Surgeon general created a web-based program that creates a 'family tree' that you can download and print to share with your family members or doctor. The information is not kep on the website; it is private.

Family Health History. Use the Links in the panel on the left to get to the following:

Family History and Create Family Health Portrait

[Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services]