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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some diseases have well known genetic/ ancestry links. I don't click Hispanic on DEI type forms but do on medical ones since I am half Spanish and there are some linkages to cardiovascular diseases.[/quote] Right. But we are here for a sports injury/x-ray. And I’ve been here as recently as last month for myself and they didn’t ask me these questions. [/quote] Sickle cell causes joint pain and inflammation, as an example. People can go in for an assumed sports injury and they find it's something else altogether. I've known a few people with back and shoulder injuries, where it was actually cancer.[/quote]
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