Sentences with phrase «of the family history»

I am increasingly aware of the power of family history to shape and influence a life.

A stroll through the cemetery becomes a revisiting of family history.

Milkman, propelled in search of his family history, finds it embedded in the history of slavery, recorded in the rhythmic chants of children's games, like a miniature ring shout.

The police treated the case as an «attempted suicide with suspicious circumstances,» in part because Ruth had attempted to prevent resuscitation by paramedics after she called 911, and also because of the family history.

Then followed a whole family tree of Israel forebears for whom faith in God was identified as their common DNA, the connecting thread of their family history.

Making memories with food is part of our family history.

In this case Pipian Verde it is not part of my family history, nor was traditionally made at home, but it is part of my culture and my Mexican flavors.

It has become not only an invaluable resource but a reminder of my family history.

In these baking sessions, something often triggers memories for Grandma, and she'll share stories from her youth in North Dakota, her experiences cooking for and managing restaurants, and bits of family history.

These baking days bring forth parts of my family history and my heritage that I might otherwise never have learned.

«Because of the family history and heritage, and with the owners directly involved in the day - to - day business, it has allowed the organization to maintain a family culture,» Tim Burke says.

Then all the stories of family history and childhood memories resurface and all at once you are humbled knowing where you came from isn't where your are today.

There were people I didn't even know who really cared about me and made me more aware of my family history.

Breastfeeding for more than 6 months may protect you from breast cancer, regardless of family history.

Yet, adoptive parents, while thoroughly scrutinized by adopting agencies, are often given little information about their adopted child, in terms of family history or specific parenting skills that will help their adopted children develop strong emotional attachments.

This is the perfect age to begin nurturing your child's spiritual side as a way to give her strong moral footing, a sense of family history, and a connection to her community and the larger world around her.

Your first step is an in - depth physical evaluation and review of your family history, to help us tailor your treatment.

They may choose to have genetic testing because of their age or because of a family history of a birth defect.

In spite of a family history of long first births (the reason I wanted a home birth in the first place was to avoid a lot of intervention if labour went over 24 hours), I had my first baby in three and a half hours, and the others were even faster.

In addition, these findings confirm the role of family history of allergy as a predictor of food allergy outcomes in children.

The object could be crafted from recycled bin bags, come with a bit of family history or be made out of something you found on the street.

The first appointment would be especially beneficial for a dad - to - be to attend since it allows easier charting of family history.

In infants who have a high risk of developing allergies (because of family history, for example) and who have not been breastfed exclusively for four to six months, there is some evidence that skin conditions like eczema or atopic dermatitis can be prevented or delayed by feeding them either extensively or partially hydrolyzed (hypoallergenic) formulas.

Regardless of family history, most foods can be introduced one at a time as soon as your baby is old enough to start eating solid foods.

«The Boston Nature Center has become a part of my family history,» says Campbell.

It is also important to make your child's doctor aware of ANY family history of food - related allergy, as you may be advised to wait until baby is at least a year old before introducing dairy.

Individually they are an important part of family histories but, taken together, they form a detailed picture of everyday life in the twentieth and twenty - first centuries.»

Recently he told me that my great - grandfather had died from epilepsy at a young age, filling in one more piece of my family history.

«More than 90 percent of those in the United States who know they are at risk for HD because of their family history have abstained from genetic testing, often because they fear discrimination or don't want to face the stress and anxiety of knowing they are destined to develop such a devastating disease,» says H. Diana Rosas, MD, of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH - MIND), lead and corresponding author of the paper that will appear in the March 11 issue of Neurology and has been released online.

It's unlikely that your average Ph.D. researcher would consider such a public airing of family history, though it's not without precedent.

He had none of the common risk factors and knew of no family history of diabetes.

The research by scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Columbia University shows a link between a particular allele for serotonin found at a higher frequency in those at risk of depression because of family history, and those who go on to develop major depressive disorder.

In the study, the researchers found distinctive brain differences in children known to be at high risk because of family history of depression.

For evidence, Stearns and colleagues turned to the Framingham Heart Study, a classic source of family history data.

«Think about the appeal of family history,» says Jeremy Leighton John, curator of e-manuscripts at the British Library in London.

Several of the authors, among them Mary - Claire King of the University of Washington, Seattle, BRCA1's discoverer, say all women regardless of family history should learn whether they carry dangerous mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2.

To illustrate potential mutation - specific effects on absolute cancer risks, we used the hazard ratio estimates to derive approximate absolute risks and 95 % confidence intervals, based on published estimates for the overall risks of breast and ovarian cancer by age 70 years.26 These estimates are for illustration and do not represent absolute risk estimates that would be required in a genetic counseling setting, as they do not account for noncancer outcomes that may influence a woman's life expectancy, the effects of family history, and nonrandom ascertainment of mutation carriers in this sample and depend on assumptions about the prevalence of different mutation classes in the population.

In this session, students will explore the power of family history information.

This article by Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD, explores the history of using family history clinically, current confounding factors, and the continued relevance of family history as a clinical tool in the age of personalized medicine.

About 8 in 10 women at highest risk for BRCA mutations — because of family history or ancestry — said they had wanted testing, but only a little more than half received it.

Talks given by Drs. Charis Eng, Holly Smedira, Roy Greenberg and Matt Kalady conveyed a common message about the importance of family history.

In this course, clinicians learn what kind of family history data is useful for hereditary cancer risk assessment.

MD Anderson offers genetic counseling and review of family history to help determine if you need genetic testing.

Conclusions and relevance: These findings provide estimates of cancer risk based on BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carrier status using prospective data collection and demonstrate the potential importance of family history and mutation location in risk assessment.

This information will be used to construct a diagram of the family history called a pedigree.

He said the take - home message is that «people should be aware of their family history and immediately seek help if they are experiencing symptoms, since depression is very treatable.»

He said the new research is important because, «no prior study to date has demonstrated the impact of the family history of depression in both the parents and the grandparents with direct interviews of the three generations.»

«For people with clear - cut migraine or depression, the presence of a family history does not add a lot to the diagnosis or care,» he says.

Plus, if people know they have an increased likelihood for developing Alzheimer's, she adds — because of a family history combined with a concussion, for example — they can make healthy lifestyle choices to hopefully counteract some of that risk.

The outcomes of this research sends a very useful message, which is that even a moderate amount of exercise, which is defined as brisk walking for 150 minutes each week, can provide a tremendous health benefit, especially to individuals predisposed to high blood pressure because of their family history.