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Family Medical History - Can this come back to bite you? 
Posted: 05 June 2007 10:32 AM  

In filling out residency apps, the occupational medicine form asks for family medical history.  Could a family history of a certain illness, i.e. Parkinsons or Bipolar affect your chances of getting in? Thanks.

 
 
Posted: 05 June 2007 12:20 PM  
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not sure.  i don’t think most programs see this kind of information.

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Posted: 05 June 2007 12:37 PM  

An interesting and paranoid question. My first though is, “only if you include your parent’s history of Huntington’s.”

Good luck.