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Could use your help docs! my family (especially the males) has a history of heart problems. does this put me more at risk?

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Family history: Family history is a risk factor for many kinds of heart disease. "heart problems" is a nonspecific term but you may well be at increased risk of heart disease.

Answered 3/30/2014

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