Increasing screening for familial hypercholesterolemia is critical for finding the 85% of individuals who are not diagnosed today. the Family Heart Foundation leads critical research to uncover some of the barriers for cascade screening, also known as family screening, and genetic testing in the United … Read More →
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mary McGowan has joined the Family Heart Foundation Team as Chief Medical Officer, effective January 2, 2020. This is Dr. McGowan’s second role with the organization. She was a founding Family Heart Foundation board member and our first Chief Medical Officer in … Read More →
We are pleased to announce that Stacey Lane, JD, is the newly elected Chairwoman of the Board of the Family Heart Foundation. Ms. Lane has contributed greatly to the growth of the Family Heart Foundation, serving as a board member for the past six years and Vice Chair for the last four years. A graduate … Read More →
Family Heart Foundation, World Heart Federation, and International Coalition Collaborate to Tackle the Global Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia
the Family Heart Foundation and the World Heart Federation announced today a Global Call to Action on familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a vastly under-recognized … Read More →
We are excited to announce this new collaboration with Geisinger! We have enclosed the press release below and look forward to updating you on our progress.
Researchers at Geisinger have received $2.8 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to … Read More →
FIND FH® Makes Identifying and Diagnosing Individuals at Genetic Risk for Early Heart Attacks and Stroke Possible
Family Heart Foundation Study Published Online in The Lancet Digital Health and Presented at FH Global Summit
On October 21, 2019 the Family … Read More →
Florida State Governor and Miami Dade County Issued Proclamations in Recognition of September 24 as FH Awareness Day
MIAMI (September 26, 2019) – More than 100 VIPS gathered to acknowledge Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) day on September 24th at the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort for a panel … Read More →
Individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) were able to lower their cholesterol under FH specialty care, but many are still not meeting LDL-cholesterol targets, according to the Family Heart Foundation’s CASCADE FH® Registry. In new research published in the October issue of Atherosclerosis, … Read More →
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic wanted to know if Twitter could help build awareness of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The answer was an emphatic yes. In their article published in leading cardiovascular journal, Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, the team compared activity on social … Read More →
New research from the Family Heart Foundation highlights that individuals at high risk for cardiovascular events, including those with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), experienced more heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events when … Read More →
