Cardiovascular disease and CV risk factors among women are expected to increase through 2050, with predicted increases in hypertension, obesity and diabetes, researchers reported.The prevalence of ...

Introduction: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a group of monogenic disorders causing high LDL levels and early cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Objectives: We present a PCP-initiated FH screening ...

Approximately every 250th child is affected by familial hypercholesterolemia and has significantly elevated LDL cholesterol ...

Doctors say high cholesterol can quietly put children at risk for heart disease. A new Duke Health pediatric clinic focused ...

JRHEF has proudly donated $25,000 to PMCF in support of the OurGenes Study, Canada’s first population-based genetic ...

A young, healthy woman’s unexpected diagnosis highlights how genetics can outweigh lifestyle and why early cholesterol ...

Overall, the study provides randomized evidence on the feasibility and short-term impact of returning FH-associated genetic ...

She struggled with high cholesterol in her 20s despite working out and eating right. It wasn't until her 30s she found out why.

Investigations of the genetic basis of coronary artery disease have led to advances in mechanistic insights, therapeutics, prevention, and risk prediction. Indeed, most contemporary medicines for ...

"The best approach to prevent premature CVD [cardiovascular disease] in people with FH [familial hypercholesterolemia] is likely LLT [lipid-lowering therapy] initiated during childhood," the ...

What Is Lerochol, and Why Does It Matter? Lerochol (lerodalcibep-liga) is a new medicine approved by the FDA to help lower elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), often called ...

A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol. Many affected ...