HISTORIAN Dr Nick Barratt from BBC's Who Do You Think You Are will be one of the guest speakers at an event on
family history tomorrow.
Whether you are new to researching your
family history or have been finding out about your ancestors for years, everyone is welcome to go along.
Of the obese patients with a documented
family history of obesity-related conditions, 36% had this
family history information entered into their records prior to their first overweight/obese visit while 64% did not have this information entered until after they had already become obese.
Adults with a personal and/or
family history of cancer enrolled in the CGN participated in the study.
The study found people who met criteria for high-risk screening based on
family history at ages 30 and 50, respectively, rose from about 2 percent to 7 percent for colorectal cancer and from about 7 percent to more than 11 percent for breast cancer.
She will focus on the basics of
family history, how to begin your family tree, the resources that are available and how to use them.
This study was designed to compare the diagnostic performance of screening breast MRI in women with a personal history of treated breast cancer alone, to that in women with a genetic or
family history of breast cancer.
The positive predictive value of biopsy--the percentage found to be malignant--in the personal history group was 35.7% (20 of 56), significantly higher than in the genetic and
family history group (12.2%, or 5 of 41).
Arnault's interest in digging into his
family history came from his grandmother.
"It suggests they may be better off selecting people with more serious illness or, better still, collecting
family history information directly."
As you start to trace your
family history you will end up collecting a lot of information.
The forum - part of National Archives Awareness Month - will open with an introduction to
family history that will be invaluable for people wishing to start tracing their family tree.