Thanksgiving is National Family History Day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2010.  Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, is urging people to share their family health history during Thanksgiving and other holiday family gatherings to help ensure a longer, healthier future together. Since 2004, the U.S. Surgeon General has declared every Thanksgiving to be National Family History Day, a day for Americans to share a meal and their family health history.

“As you gather with family to celebrate Thanksgiving or…