Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Wellness #42: Staying Well

1. Try out the symptom checker...Mayo Clinic's system checker is interesting. After entering all the symptoms for a heart condition, it pulled up many other things as well. It wants you to make an appointment with one of their doctors but only lists Arizona, Florida and Minn. I had to go out of their system to find their Houston clinics.

2. Pick any medical condition and use the local MedlinePlus to see if there are related resources within 10 miles of your home....I found an adult day care center for seniors ...Liberty Dayton Community Day Activity, 1801 Grand, Liberty, TX 77575, 936-334-8888.

3. Create a sample family medical history tree. Discuss how this could be a useful addition to a genealogy study....This is the one that is difficult for an adopted person who has no knowledge of parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. So I created the tree but I'm the only one on it! It would be interesting and helpful for my children to have this information but, unfortunately, it just isn't available.

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