Every 40 seconds, someone in America has a heart attack. Yet many families remain unprepared to recognize and respond to these life-threatening emergencies. Cardiologists across the country emphasize ...

When it comes to heart health, most of us think of diet, exercise or stress but doctors warn that there is a silent influence often overlooked - your genes. As medicine evolves, it is becoming ...

You can take these important steps to help protect your heart. This may include changing eating habits, exercise routines, sleeping patterns, and more. Heart disease is a serious health condition.

Julie Bowen suffers from sick sinus syndrome, a heart rhythm disorder linked to hypervagotonia. It is an overactive vagus nerve that caused her resting heart rate to drop dangerously low. While a ...

AWARENESS AROUND ORGAN DONATIONS AFTER LEARNING THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD SON WILL NEED HIS SECOND HEART TRANSPLANT. WESH TWO BREVARD COUNTY REPORTER MEGAN MORIARTY SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY ABOUT THIS ONGOING ...

Family Heart Foundation Teams Up with Former NFL Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck to Launch “Tackle Cholesterol™: Get into the LDL Safe Zone®” National Campaign Highlights Pro-Bowler’s Journey with High ...

Some 71 million people in the U.S. have high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) — what’s commonly referred to as “bad cholesterol.” But up to 40% of them aren’t aware of their high ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, announced the online publication of recommendations from a multidisciplinary panel in the Journal ...

Nonprofit heart health group the Family Heart Foundation has joined forces with Amgen for a new cholesterol health campaign. Dubbed “Cholesterol Connect,” this project aims to bring together free ...

The 10th annual meeting of the Family Heart Global Summit will bring together leading scientists and practitioners with patients to discuss treatment of inherited lipid disorders. In an age of novel ...

Study showed that every increase in Lp(a) is associated with increased risk of a cardiovascular event; individuals with the highest levels (>300 nmol/L) were 40% more likely to have a cardiovascular ...