Jenny’s Lp(a) Story
I thought it was a panic attack. In fairness, I was only 41. A nonsmoker. A longtime vegetarian with good cholesterol numbers. As physically active as I could be while working a full-time job and wrangling a toddler.
But what happened in October 2019 wasn’t a panic attack. It … Read More →
The First in Line for Every Cholesterol-Lowering Treatment
Stacey has known she had familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) since she was a child. “My dad had his first heart attack when he was 36,” she says. “And at that time, his cholesterol was so high the doctors couldn’t measure it.”
They … Read More →
My name is Kristen Gradney, and I am the Senior Director of Children’s Health at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My husband, Chad Gradney, was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in 2013.
I’m also a mother to the two most amazing children, … 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 →
March 24th was the first ever Lipoprotein(a) Awareness Day, and my conversations about it went something like this:
Me: Did you know today is Lp(a) Awareness Day?
Friend: What’s that?
Me: Elevated Lp(a) is a common genetic cholesterol disorder that I have.
Friend: Wait. I thought you had … Read More →
Russ L. has been living a perfectly normal, happy life. He’s a business owner, married to his high school sweetheart for 10 years, and father to three young children in small town Willow Spring, North Carolina.
At 32 years old, Russ says his overall medical history was pretty uneventful. He never … Read More →
When family members know to test for elevated Lipoprotein(a), it can empower the people we love to understand their risk for heart disease and stroke.
At age 30, Gail Titus found herself scared, bewildered, and heartbroken. Her father had a fatal heart attack at the age of 58. She wondered if the … Read More →
My name is Courtney Riley and I am a pediatrician in central Vermont. My family has elevated Lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), an incredibly common but under-diagnosed genetic condition that can lead to strokes and heart attacks. Until recently this was just another fact about us. The way I saw … Read More →
Keeping our community going strong for 10 years
A few weeks ago, Katherine Wilemon reminded me that the FH Foundation (now the Family Heart Foundation) was soon to have our 10-year anniversary.
Whoa! Mind blowing!
While I was not there at the exact inception of the FH Foundation, I have been along … 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 →
