Your family health history can help Marshfield Clinic doctors provide personalized care.

Summary: Health care professionals, like genetic counselor Christana Zaleski, have known for a long time that common diseases like some heart irregularities, a portion of breast and colon cancers as well as numerous rare disease often run in families and can be due to inherited causes. Understanding your family history and sharing that information with your doctor can help your doctor provide an accurate risk assessment, and take precautionary steps to help keep you and your family healthy.