Check your family?s heart history this Thanksgiving.

Hypertension, heart disease and diabetes can affect many members of the same family, crossing generations, said Dr. Miriam Blitzer, head of human genetics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The university and Maryland Science Center are encouraging people to learn their family?s medical history this Thanksgiving.

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