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Results 1 - 10 of 499 for Family history
  1. Why is it important to know my family health history?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... genetic factors, environmental conditions, and lifestyle choices. A family history also can provide information about the risk of ... On the other hand, a person with no family history of a disorder may still be at risk ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../understanding/inheritance/familyhistory - Genetics
  2. What is genetic ancestry testing?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... genealogy, is a way for people interested in family history (genealogy) to go beyond what they can learn from relatives or from historical documentation. Examination of DNA ... between families. Certain patterns of genetic variation are often shared ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../dtcgenetictesting/ancestrytesting - Genetics
  3. What happens during a genetic consultation?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... person’s medical history and takes a detailed family health history (a record of health information about a person's immediate and extended family). The genetics professional may also perform a physical ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/consult/expectations - Genetics
  4. Cyclic vomiting syndrome 
    ... cyclic vomiting syndrome or abdominal migraine have a family history of migraines.Most people with cyclic vomiting syndrome ... their family. However, many affected individuals have a family history of related conditions, such as migraines, irritable bowel ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cyclic-vomiting-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Task-specific focal dystonia 
    ... focal dystonia have different underlying causes.Having a family history of dystonia, particularly focal dystonia, is one of ... least 10 percent of affected individuals have a family history of focal dystonia. (For example, writer's cramp ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/task-specific-focal-dystonia - Genetics
  6. Parkinson's disease 
    ... of people with Parkinson's disease have a family history of this disorder. Familial cases of Parkinson's ... s disease occur in people with no apparent family history of the disorder. These sporadic cases may not ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/parkinsons-disease - Genetics
  7. Paget disease of bone 
    ... percent of cases in which there is no family history of the disease. Variations in the TNFRSF11B gene ... bone is unclear. Many affected people have no family history of the disease, although it sometimes clusters in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/paget-disease-of-bone - Genetics
  8. Keratoconus 
    ... developing the condition compared to people without a family history.More than a dozen genes have been associated ... not inherited and occurs in individuals with no family history of the disorder.The condition can also occur ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/keratoconus - Genetics
  9. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor 
    ... cause vomiting of blood.Affected individuals with no family history of GIST typically have only one tumor (called a sporadic GIST). People with a family history of GISTs (called familial GISTs) often have multiple ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/gastrointestinal-stromal-tumor - Genetics
  10. Short QT syndrome 
    ... cause the disorder. Some affected individuals have a family history of short QT syndrome or related heart problems ... sporadic and occur in people with no apparent family history of related heart problems. SQTS Genetic Testing Registry: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/short-qt-syndrome - Genetics
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