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Family History: Inside and Out [PDF]
The twenty-first century has seen the dawn of a new era of the family, an era that has its roots in the twentieth. Many of the social and scientific phenomena of our time - same-sex couples, in vitro fertilization, single-parent families, international ...
Abrams, Kerry
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Family History: Fact versus Fiction
Current interest in genealogy and family history has soared, but the research journey may be fraught. Original intentions may be inhibited and inevitably altered as the actual historical details are revealed and documented through recorded evidence ...
Luanna Meyer
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The authors (1) point out that the risk of developing cancer in young women after treatment for Hodgkin's disease in childhood or adolescence corresponds, up to age 50, with the high risk in the case of hereditary disposition in the high risk genes BRCA1/2.
Susanne, Morlot +5 more
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BackgroundAbout 5%–10% of the breast cancer cases have a hereditary background, and this subset is referred to as familial breast cancer (FBC). In this review, we summarize the susceptibility genes and genetic syndromes associated with FBC and discuss ...
Lu Shen +3 more
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Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait
While human lifespan is only moderately heritable, “getting old” runs in families. Here, van den Berg et al. study mortality data from three-generation cohorts to define a threshold for longevity and find that individuals have an increasing survival ...
Niels van den Berg +8 more
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Expanding Family Health History to Include Family Medication History
The collection of family health history (FHH) is an essential component of clinical practice and an important piece of data for patient risk assessment. However, family history data have generally been limited to diseases and have not included medication history.
Susanne B. Haga, Lori A. Orlando
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In the early months of 1916, Charles Robb a retired shipping clerk in the East End of London, England, wrote a series of letters to his 19-year-old son Arthur, an army private awaiting embarkation to the Western Front.
Martin Robb
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Pituitary tumors and the risk of other malignancies: is the relationship coincidental or causal?
Pituitary adenomas are benign neoplasms of the pituitary. The most prevalent are prolactinomas and non-functioning pituitary adenomas, followed by growth hormone-and ACTH-secreting adenomas.
Sandra Pekic +2 more
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Family and Households in History
From March 18-20, 2004, the American University in Cairo (AUC) hosted its annual history seminar entitled “Family and Households in History.” Dr. Nelly Hanna, chair of the Arab Studies department, welcomed the participants and audience and explained that
Sherry Gad Elrab
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