What do we do once we know a hereditary disease exists in a family? Researchers and genetics experts are finding new and novel ways to combine medical research with family history of the genealogical kind.

Watershed DNA’s founder Brianne Kirkpatrick shares on the blog of 23andMe some tips for healthcare providers about what to do with a patient’s unexpected DNA family discovery.

There are a million ways to create a family medical history, and countless number of reasons to do it. Luckily, there are online resources to help you.

Some families and its members are more comfortable with sharing medical history information. In other families, it is harder to learn this information. When you have the chance to gather health information from family, what should you focus on?

Adoption affects access to information about a person's history, most significantly for the person who was adopted. As this post reveals, it can also affect the parents who have adopted a child with complex medical needs and no clear underlying cause.

Health is a focus of the resolutions for many people, and the family health history is an important tool.