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Diseases that run in families can be referred to as genetic or hereditary diseases. Examples include Hemophilia, Male pattern baldness, and sickle-cell disease.

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Hereditary diseases.  Some examples are Cystic Fibrosis, Huntingdon's Chorea, Tay Sachs and Thalassaemia.

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