Family medical history can serve as a roadmap for our health, so it’s important information to share with your primary care physician. An expert at Baylor College of Medicine explains what to know ...

Your genes play a key role in your health, and finding out what medical conditions run in your family is important.

Your family’s medical history is one of the most important indicators of your future health and is valuable information for your doctor. Thanksgiving is National Family History day and is a great time ...

When you go to the doctor, the first thing you’re asked is, “Do you have a family history of X?” Do you know the answer? Understanding your family medical history might seem excessive, but it can play ...

Imagine popping your head into the attic of your childhood home and finding a box overflowing with recordings, photos, documents, and diaries compiled by relatives who have long passed.

Do you have an uncle who always seems short of breath? Did one of your grandparents or parents die at an early age from "heart problems?" If heart failure is in your family tree, you might wonder if ...

Everyone should know their family history of breast cancer. But when it comes to risk factors for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the stakes are higher for some women of color. TNBC is diagnosed ...

Nina Jablonski was at the helm of researching skin color evolution in the 1990s. Since then, she's worked with other scholars such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. to give young students a chance to ...

Black family reunions are a time for people to connect over shared history and memories as they reinforce family structure. This important tradition reunites relatives across time and place, and helps ...

I’ve always known that my family has a history of heart-related health problems. My maternal grandmother had high blood pressure, as do other relatives on my mom’s side. Some also have heart rhythm ...