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Climb the Kardashian Family Tree

Your family history is important to your health Did you know that doctors and genetic counselors use a special pedigree diagram to show family history, relationships and medical conditions? Here’s an example using the Kardashian family.  The diagram shows the dates of birth, the sex (male square, female circle) and marital and sibling relationships. A [...]

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Christina Applegate: Family History of Cancer and Risky Genes

Certain kinds of cancer runs in families and Ms. Applegate’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38 and then ovarian cancer at age 54. A gene underlying these cancers (BRCA1, pronounced “brakka one”) was first isolated in the mid-1990s and a genetic test for this mutant gene has been available for a number [...]

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