From The Titusville Herald: Family History and Screening are Keys to Treating an Inherited Disease

From The Titusville Herald: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:30 AM EDT (NAPSI) — Information shared by family members can often serve as the first line of defense against a serious medical condition. Such shared information was key to saving the life of a young man named Matthew Ito.
As a teen, Ito did all the things other 14-year-old boys did: played sports, hung out with friends, and raced dirt bikes. But around that time he also learned he had inherited a potentially deadly genetic disorder that affects 1 in 500 people.