Did your maternal grandmother have ovarian cancer? Did your father have colon cancer? It pays to know your family history and how it can affect your own health and wellness.“I cannot express how important this is. It can totally change the screening guidelines for you,” Dr. Sizemore-Ruiz says. “For instance, a screening colonoscopy is done at 50 years old, but if your father had colon cancer at 49, then you must have a screening at 39! Not just cancers, but knowing family history of things like heart disease and diabetes—and keeping a record of it—will help your physician make the right decisions for your health.”
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