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The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew series gives physicians a platform to share what they want their patients to know about today’s health care headlines. This week, family medicine physician Jason Ricks explains the importance of reviewing a family health history.

CDC researchers have identified the genes that could protect against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. They hope to use this knowledge to create new drugs that will slow the progression of these debilitating conditions.

More than 1,300 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, bringing the total to nearly three-quarters of a million since the virus was declared a pandemic. NBC’s Alisyn Campion reports.

A drug used for diabetes can reduce the frequency of debilitating migraine headaches, a new study suggests. The medication, liraglutide, is an injectable GLP-1 receptor agonist.

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