928,741 Reasons to Care
Heart disease and stroke are often thought to be an inevitable facet of aging. This is a dangerous misperception that contributes to the fact that cardiovascular disease is still the #1 cause of disease and death in the United States today.
In fact, the disease process that … Read More →
The Family Heart Foundation is dedicated to saving more families, more hearts. Today we launched our new awareness campaign to reach people who know they have heart disease or that it “runs in the family” but don’t know that it is caused by a genetic cholesterol disorder. Their condition could … Read More →
As we near the end of 2021, we are also celebrating a decade of success for the FH Foundation as this year marks the 10th Anniversary of our founding.
I had a heart attack at the age of 39, a diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) at 41 and, years later, I found out I also had elevated … Read More →
Everyone gets dealt their own hand of cards in the game of life. I inherited two different genetic disorders that each lead to atherosclerosis; a mutation that causes high Lipoprotein(a) and a mutation that causes high LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. This means that that from birth, high levels of … Read More →
Healthcare systems around the world have failed to rescue individuals born with Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), even though we have had life-saving therapies for the last 34 years. Without the societal commitment to screen, diagnose, and manage FH, the opportunity to prevent heart disease and … Read More →
To our community,
At the close of this tumultuous year, there are many reasons to grieve. The coronavirus has taken hundreds of thousands of people before their time. Most of us have had to make peace with historic levels of uncertainty and less in-person human interaction. Some of us are enduring financial … Read More →
The world has shifted dramatically in the last few weeks to respond to coronavirus (COVID-19). We are working, home schooling, and keeping our families “safe at home.”
The mission of the Family Heart Foundation – to save lives across generations – remains the same. Our work in familial hypercholesterolemia … Read More →
