Put Your Family Medical History Online

As a genealogist, you may have spent quite a bit of effort collecting information about your medical family tree. This valuable tool cannot help anyone, however, if it sits in a box, or stays on your computer, inaccessible by relatives and their physicians. There are some free web services that will not only hold onto your medical records, but will give your doctor access to them. When you visit a new doctor, you get asked a lot of questions. Obviously, the doctor wants to know your name, age, and the reason why you made an appointment. You can expect to … Continue reading

Family Health History – Is There Really An AppFor That?

Your doctor has probably asked you at one time or another about your family health history. If you responded to your doctor’s inquiry by saying “What’s a family health history” or if you have some information written down but forgot to bring it with you, you will be pleased to know that there is a way you can avoid such embarrassment the next time your doctor asks you about it. You see, like many things these days, there’s an app for that. Unfortunately, that app may not serve the purpose of providing your entire family medical history, as I found … Continue reading