2:30 p.m. EASTERN, Tues., Nov. 15 Boston Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) will host a national press conference to discuss the second year of the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative and will introduce an updated version of the "My Family Health Portrait" web-based tool designed to help families gather their health information. BWH, 15 Francis Street, Carrie Hall.

Reporters may also take part in the news conference via telephone by dialing 1-877-931-3478 and entering the participant code 738275 followed by the pound key (#). Please dial in 5 to 10 minutes before the call. To reduce the background noise, please dial in from a phone that has a mute button and keep it pressed unless you are speaking.

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Contact: Geoff Spencer
spencerg@mail.nih.gov
301-451-8325
NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute
15-Nov-2005

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