Family Health History

Welcome to ItRunsInMyFamily.com! By visiting this site, you have taken an important step toward successful disease prevention and personalized medicine.

Genetics is known to play a significant role in many common diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Knowing your own family health history can help you determine your personal health risks.*

Our family health history tool makes it easy to 1- build your family pedigree, 2- enter in diseases that run in your family, and then 3- share your family health history report with your doctor.

On this site you will also find:

• Family Health History Guide
• Disease Information
• Prevention Tips
• 'How to' Guide
• FAQ's
• Family Health History Blog
• How healthcare professionals can use our tool
• About Us and more

* Because family members often share the same genetic and environment influences, a family health history is an important health indicator. Knowing your family history is a glimpse into your own genome. Talk to your family members about their health, doing so will help you determine diseases you are at risk for. Knowing this can help you avoid the disease.