{"product_id":"your-genealogy-affects-your-health-know-your-family-tree-9780595396863","title":"Your Genealogy Affects Your Health: Know Your Family Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): F. Clarke Fraser\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue to the recent advances in genetic knowledge, your family history has become far more crucial to understanding your health than simply for tracing your ancestry. Author \u003cb\u003eClarke Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e, Canada's first medical geneticist, uses his extensive knowledge, wisdom, and wit to show the relationship between your genealogy and genetic diseases. \u003ci\u003eYour Genealogy Affects Your Health: Know Your Family Tree\u003c\/i\u003e itemize the genetic and environmental factors that increase or reduce the risks for common familial disorders. Most genealogists do not record the important facts, like what diseases people had. Fraser tells how becoming familiar with your family's history of disease shows what steps you can take to reduce your risk of getting a close relative's particular disorder. He offers timely information on topics such as:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow genes work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow to draw a pedigree \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow DNA is used to trace your ancestry \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow normal traits such as handedness, baldness and intelligence run in families \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow common disorders such as cancer, obesity, coronary disease, alcoholism and schizophrenia run in families\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Invest in your future health by researching your past with the help of \u003ci\u003eYour Genealogy Affects your Health\u003c\/i\u003e!","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45118531272855,"sku":"9780595396863","price":900.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780595396863.webp?v=1767274516","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/your-genealogy-affects-your-health-know-your-family-tree-9780595396863","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}