Heart Month 2025

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2/5 – Pri-Med South Exhibit, Theatre Session, and Video Coverage (View Event Highlights Here)

2/19 – Join us LIVE on Facebook/Instagram with Family Heart Foundation CMO Dr. Sperling at 1pm ET (Join the Live at 1pm ET on 2/19 Here)

2/20 – “From LDL-C to Lp(a)” Webinar with Dr. Keith Ferdinand at 6pm ET | 3pm PT (Register Here)

2/20 – #FamilyHeart Fundraiser Book Launch & Heart Month tributes (Send an e-card) (Make a Donation)

2/28 – Ask Me Anything video launch for Rare Disease Week: HoFH edition (video series coming soon)

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HCP Live “From LDL-C to Lp(a)” Episodes for healthcare professionals (Watch or Stream Here)

Check out our spread in USA Today‘s Black History Month Special Issue (View Here)

Read the blog, “Heart Month 2025: “It was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness” (Read Here)

Launch of weekly released heart health reels (View Here)

Stay tuned for new blogs & video reels launching each week

As we honor Black History and Heart Month, we are focusing messages this month on addressing disparities in genetic lipid disorders. Here are some quick facts to know:

1 in 5 people are living with high Lp(a) – yet less than 5% are ever screened – Find Lp(a) Resources

>> Women are at higher risk of having high Lp(a).

>> Black individuals are living with higher Lp(a) levels than white, Hispanic, or Asian counterparts.

1 in 250 adults & children have Familial Hypercholesterolemia – Find FH Resources

>> For Black communities, FH prevalence is 1 in 192.

1 in 3 people are living with or die from heart disease – Find LDL-C Resources

>> 49% higher rate of cardiovascular events among high-risk people who did not maintain recommended LDL-C levels compared with those who did achieve and maintain recommended LDL-C levels. 70% of high-risk people in the United States never reach the LDL Safe Zone.

We have the tools to stop the #1 killer of US adults. Join our fight against heart disease.

Family Heart Foundation is partnering with five—soon to be six—health systems through the Flag, Identify, Network, Deliver™ Lipoprotein(a), or (FIND Lp(a)™), initiative to identify individuals who may have elevated Lp(a) and get them tested—and connected to follow-up care to manage their cardiovascular risk. By bringing together experts (clinicians, administrators, researchers, and individuals with lived experience) from pioneering health systems across the nation, we are sharing learnings to identify best practices and improve awareness of Lp(a), catalyzing more widespread screening, and ultimately saving lives.

Dr. Razavi, a FIND-Lp(a) team member at Emory Healthcare shared his appreciation of Family Heart Foundation:

Emory Healthcare is our first site to move from awareness efforts to testing. The team successfully submitted a de-identified data extract that was fed into our FIND-Lp(a) Machine Learning Model—to output a list of 1,000 patients likely to have elevated Lp(a). The team is now preparing to start their healthcare team and patient outreach to encourage these individuals to get tested and manage their risks.

Learn more about the FIND Lp(a) Initiative.

> Cholesterol Connect™ – FREE LDL-C and Lp(a) at-home blood test

> Care Navigation – Connect with a real person who cares to learn about your heart & cholesterol health risks

> Private Online Support Groups – Connect with people who are living with FH, HoFH, high Lp(a)

> Monthly Webinars – Join Family Heart Empower Lp(a) discussion groups via Zoom (Family Heart and Ambassador-led each month)

> Talking Guides & Education Tools – Navigate diagnosis with family members and care teams

> Specialist Map – Find cardiologists and specialists using our map

> Weekly Video Reels launched that combine expert counsel, information and family and individual stories

> Read or watch personal stories from our Family Heart Ambassadors, publishing weekly