Nadie sabe los peligros del colesterol malo mejor que los pacientes con hipercolesterolemia familiar (HF). De acuerdo con la Fundación FH, hay dos formas de FH. 1) HeFH, y 2)…
Incluso cuando su nivel de colesterol LDL está disparando a través del techo, que todavía puede ser difícil de querer (y elegir!) Lo "saludable" para comer. Pero nosotros hemos hecho…
21 de de julio de, 2015: El gigante farmacéutico, Amgen, fue galardonado con una impresionante aprobación de la Comisión Europea para Repatha, un fármaco reductor del colesterol avance según lo…
Like a lot of overweight young adults, I struggled with weight for pretty much my whole life. My mom always tried to get me to eat better and I pretty…
Most people know that high cholesterol is a ticking time bomb, and that it’s important to eat heart healthy foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Public health awareness—and the…
Hipercolesterolemia familiar heterocigótica (o HeFH), nunca has oído hablar de él? Es un bocado. Es también una condición que hace que los niveles de colesterol de alta peligrosidad y, si…
Si usted es una de las pocas personas en EE.UU. que viven con el síndrome de quilomicronemia familiar (FCS por sus siglas en ingles), lo más probable es que usted…
I love 2001: A Space Odyssey as much as the next person, but sorry, not sorry, despite what it and so many other movies would lead you to think, the…
Parado frente a una multitud de gente hablando sobre su HFHo puede ser intimidante. Imagina que esa multitud fuese un panel de doctores y científicos que son parte de la…
You know what they say—everything’s bigger in Texas. And this year’s FH Global Summit, located in sunny Dallas, will be bigger than ever. Nobel laureates as speakers? √ Intensive discussions among healthcare leaders? √…
1. It’s Genetic A hereditary condition, familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) affects roughly 1 in 500 people around the world, according to the National Institutes of Health. Because the disorder is present…
Every so often, I hear someone grumpily complain about their high cholesterol and what they're doing to get it under control. The great majority of people will respond to a change…
Not many people would consider a heart attack to be a positive event, but for David Collings that's exactly what it turned out to be. While out walking with his…
How many times can we whisper to ourselves "If only..." before we finally change the past? The answer is infinity. Infinity times. Because you can't change the past. Duh. As of right now,…
Living in the 21st century’s wireless information economy can be both a blessing and a curse—there’s so much information out there, you can learn pretty much anything about everything. But it’s…
If you have familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, having a doctor who truly understands the disorder is essential. In a short YouTube video, Katherine Wilemon, president of the FH Foundation offers some…
Question: How can healthcare companies provide “better patients with better services at better costs?” This was the question on everyone’s mind during the FORBES Healthcare Summit last month, especially Stacey…
It’s not often that the “old” people are worried about the “young” people having heart attacks. But, unfortunately, that’s the reality for the Watts family. Their seven-year-old daughter, Avery, has…
A recent report from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) stated many more people in the UK are at risk for early heart attacks than previously thought. The culprit? High cholesterol. And not the…
So here’s a nice antidote to all those stories about greedy pharma execs soaking patients for ultra-expensive treatments. There’s a new approach to contrpay-acting between insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies…
No one wants to have familial hypercholesterolemia—heterozygous (HeFH) OR homozygous (HoFH). Why? It's obvious. Having too much “bad cholesterol” in your system creates all sorts of serious health issues. But…
For many people in the rare disease community, becoming a medical detective is a matter of necessity. You read everything you can get your hands on, then burn up the…
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder associated with extremely high levels of LDL cholesterol, can be frightening. Many people are diagnosed in infancy, and it’s not uncommon for even children…
Having a rare disease sucks, but sometimes it helps to cut your disease down to size mentally--especially if you can't do it physically! And, hey, laughing is better than crying,…
High cholesterol, particularly low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a problem for many people, but none more so than those who have the genetically inherited condition familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and homozygous familial…
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