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Family History

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Your family history includes health information about you and your close relatives. Families have many factors in common, including their genes, environment, and lifestyle. Looking at these factors can help you figure out whether you have a higher risk for certain health problems, such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Having a family member with a disease raises your risk, but it does not... https://medlineplus.gov/familyhistory.html

Heart Diseases

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What is heart disease? Heart disease is a general term that includes many types of heart problems. It's also called cardiovascular disease, which means heart and blood vessel disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but there are ways to prevent and manage many types of heart disease. What are the types of heart disease? There are many different types of heart... https://medlineplus.gov/heartdiseases.html

MedlinePlus matched the above topic(s) to ICD-10-CM Z82.49. ICD-10-CM stands for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition.

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