Welcome to the My Happy Healthy Family website. The initiative is a public health education programme that aims to help Singaporean families battle the nation's top 2 killer diseases, cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

	Cardiovascular disease and Cancer are Singapore's top two killer diseases
	Collectively, cardiovascular disease and cancer accounts for 59.9% of all deaths in Singapore
	Family history is an important 'risk factor' to both cardiovascular disease and cancer
	Are you and your family at risk?

It is called ‘family history’ and it puts entire families at risk. ‘Family history’ does not mean that all members of the family will get this disease, it just means that some members of that family may have a greater chance of having a certain condition. ‘Family history’ is an important ‘risk factor’ when it comes to Singapore’s top two killer diseases – heart disease and cancer.

How can we manage such diseases, especially if we have a ‘family history’? Well, the first step is awareness. Awareness that these conditions tend to ‘run’ in your family is important as you may then take the necessary steps -to go for health screenings in conditions that are recommended by reputable medical bodies such as Singapore Heart Foundation and Singapore Cancer Society and to adjust your lifestyle, if necessary.

Appropriate health screenings and visits to your doctor helps as it may lead to a ‘timely’ diagnosis, which increases your chance to better manage and treat the disease. The earlier the disease is diagnosed, the better the chance in treating it. Informing your doctor of the condition that runs in your family will also help him to look out for the early warning signs of the condition.