Heredity is a risk factor of health. For example, you are risk of having HTN if you have a a familial history of hypertension.
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Heredity
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It deals with one's family history, personal health, eating habits, etc. It's not contagious.
To discover your personal health risks and strengths
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Heredity
while it is possible to create health problems with poor behavior like smoking, drinking too much, drugs, overeating, getting fat and so on, most health problems can be related to heredity and environment. So, while you can control some of it you just need to ne aware of your family history and try to offset what you can with the help of your doctor.
laboratory testing for plasma homocysteine levels can improve the assessment of risk, particularly in patients with a personal or family history of cardiovascular disease
Yes, it can.
In addition to identifying data, chief complaint, and review of systems, a comprehensive health history also includes factors such as a person's family and social life, family medical history, mental or emotional illnesses or stressors