My name is Kristen Gradney, and I am the Senior Director of Children’s Health at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My husband, Chad Gradney, was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in 2013.
I’m also a mother to the two most amazing children, … Read More →
The Family Heart Foundation is dedicated to saving more families, more hearts. Today we launched our new awareness campaign to reach people who know they have heart disease or that it “runs in the family” but don’t know that it is caused by a genetic cholesterol disorder. Their condition could … Read More →
Summer is upon us and that means it’s vacation season. There is no reason that familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or elevated lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), should interfere with making amazing memories and adventuring all over.
As long as you make the appropriate preparations, you can be sure your vacation … Read More →
Family Heart Foundation’s Analysis Shows Measurement of Lipoprotein(a) is Rare Among Large U.S. Healthcare Dataset
Data Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the NLA Scientific Sessions
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 3, 2022 – The Family Heart Foundation completed an analysis of its large U.S. Family Heart … Read More →
Family Heart Foundation Study Shows Increased Rate of Cardiovascular Events Among Individuals with High Lipoprotein(a)
Results Highlighted in Poster Presentation at the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress
MILAN, ITALY, May 22, 2022 – The Family Heart Foundation today announced study … Read More →
When you go to the doctor, you often get more time with your nurse or nurse practitioner than you do with the doctor. Nurses are an invaluable member of your healthcare team, and on May 6 we celebrate National Nurses Day.
In recognition of this day, the Family Heart Foundation would like to shine … Read More →
March 24th was the first ever Lipoprotein(a) Awareness Day, and my conversations about it went something like this:
Me: Did you know today is Lp(a) Awareness Day?
Friend: What’s that?
Me: Elevated Lp(a) is a common genetic cholesterol disorder that I have.
Friend: Wait. I thought you had … Read More →
Chances are you do not know if your Lipoprotein(a) level is elevated because it has never been measured. Lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), is a particle in the blood that carries cholesterol and resembles LDL except that it includes an extra protein [apolipoprtotein(a)] that adds risk. Elevated … Read More →
Susan Riley’s personal journey with elevated Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), has just begun, but her immediate family’s been living with it for years.
Riley got her own Lp(a) test results back recently – just in time for the first-ever Lipoprotein(a) Awareness Day. She was surprised to learn her levels … Read More →
This March, our Founder and Chief Executive Officer Katherine Wilemon and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mary McGowan embarked on a nationwide series of 33 TV and radio interviews to discuss a silent, undetected cause of cardiovascular disease: elevated Lipoprotein(a).
They wanted to get the word out across … Read More →
