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A Website to Recommend to Patients

My Healthy Test Reminder was created by the College of American Pathologists.   Patients can sign up to receive an email reminder for scheduling appointments for tests such as mammograms, pap smears, and prostate cancer screening.  The website has an English and Spanish version.

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New Family Health History Tool

This week the Surgeon General launched a free online health history tool, My Family Health Portrait. After the patients enter in their family histories,  their information is organized into a “pedigree” family tree that can be downloaded onto their computer or a flash drive.  This tool can be shared with relatives who can add their [...]

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