Heart Disease and Family Screening
Heart disease may run in the family, but family screening involves more than genetics. Maybe you always knew that heart disease ran in your family. If you or [...]
New Research to Improve Screening for FH
A strategic imperative of the Family Heart Foundation is to increase FH diagnosis and improve the rate of cascade screening. We began this work in 2013 with the establishment [...]
Research published: improving family screening for individuals at genetic risk for heart disease
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 [...]
Lipoprotein (a): Five things you should know
You may have heard about Lipoprotein (a), Lp(a) or often referred to as “Lp little a.” Lp(a) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.The level of Lp(a) found [...]
Family Heart Foundation partners with Geisinger on an NHLBI Grant to Advance Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening
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 [...]
