Tag: Thanksgiving


November 21, 2012

Genetics at the Thanksgiving Dinner Table

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Thanksgiving -- it’s a time for friends, family and, of course, food. Thanks to modern science, we now know quite a lot about the foods that grace our holiday tables.  Over the last few years, scientists have worked hard to sequence many common Thanksgiving foods: turkeys, potatoes, corn, apples, wine [...]

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November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving is National Family History Day

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This is a repeat of a post we ran back in September. While you're sitting around the table with your loved ones, don't forget that it's National Family History Day! I’m a bad patient. Every time I go to a doctor she asks, “Do you have a family history of any diseases?” I’m ashamed to say [...]

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