Understanding a family's health history can yield important clues about the potential health risks we face today. Conditions like diabetes, cancer, heart disease and sickle cell anemia disproportionately affect the African American community and are often inherited, so the more we know about our family history, the easier it is to minimize those risks through smarter lifestyle and health care choices.

UnitedHealthcare's Generations of Wellness^® Interactive Family Health History Tree helps the African American community capture what they know about their family's health history. It comes in a convenient electronic format, so the entire extended family can share their memories and help complete the picture. The Health History Tree can be an important starting point for conversations with the family doctor, who can then construct a meaningful, customized health care plan.

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