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March
2008
This year's first newsletter is now available! Its focus is on the interaction between environment and genes. Read on to find more! We all enjoy passing customs down to our kids, but few of us pass down something that may be important for our children's health or motivate them to choose a healthy lifestyle - the family health history. This newsletter help put the focus on pediatric family health histories. May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month! Like other chronic conditions it tends to run in families. Find out the role of family health history and genetics in osteoporosis and what you can do to prevent this condition in yourself and your family. In this edition readers will learn about Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young and Heart Health month. This issue highlights the third annual Family History initiative by the U.S. Surgeon General as well as the role family history and genetics plays in depression. This newsletter highlights the role family history and genetics plays in obesity. It also gives some creative ways to get more activity into your family's life. This newsletter highlights asthma and the role family history plays in this chronic disease that is affecting more and more people every year. Also highlighted is a new project - If you live in Ingham county and have a child with asthma you may qualify! Keep reading to find out about Healthy Homes! February 2006February is Heart Health month (not to mention Valentine's Day)! In this issue you will find information on factors that increase your risk for heart disease, including family history, some heart healthy gift ideas for your sweetie on Valentine's Day, and Go Red Day for women's health. This issue also touches on the subject of adoption and ways that people who were adopted can get information regarding their family health history. This issue highlights the second annual Family Health History Initiative from the United States Surgeon General. Also find information regarding National Diabetes Awareness month and the important role family history plays in this chronic disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. This issue highlights National Cholesterol Awareness month and the family connection. It also takes a look at the 2005 Dietary Guidelines to help you and your family make healthy eating choices. This month gives an example of a family health history in a pedigree and the standard symbols used in creating a pedigree. This issue also highlights family health history and its role in lung cancer. Resources to help a person quit smoking are also included. This issue highlights Colorectal Cancer Awareness month with some valuable resources in regards to family health history. There is also an informative list on what ages are considered "early onset" for some of the major chronic conditions. This first issue of Family History and Your Health highlights the United States Surgeon General's first Family Health History 2004 Initiative. Read a message from Michigan's Surgeon General, Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, and find valuable resources for recording your family health history.
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