Your genes are made of DNA. This DNA provides instructions, which determines traits like your hair color and blood type. There are different versions of genes. Each ...

A University of Georgia study reveals that genetic factors influence how fish oil supplements affect omega-3 levels in the ...

The dosage of Praluent for pediatric patients aged 8 years and older with HeFH is based on body weight and can be adjusted based on LDL-C lowering response. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

Eliot Brinton, MD: I’m Dr Elliot Brinton. I’m the president of the Utah Lipid Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. We’re the only LDL [low-density lipoprotein] apheresis center between Denver and the West ...

Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) often are diagnosed late in life and remain undertreated with lipid-lowering medications despite their increased risk for cardiovascular disease, ...

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a monogenic disorder that affects about 1 in 500 people, with a higher prevalence in certain subpopulations such as people of Quebecois, Christian ...

This guidance should be used with NICE's guidelines on cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction, including lipid modification and familial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and ...

Homozygous, or homozygosity, refers to the inheritance of genes from each biological parent. Inheriting faulty genes from both parents can cause a person to develop the associated condition. Genetic ...

In general, humans have the same genes. A number of genes are varied. These control our physical traits and health. Each variation is called an allele. You inherit two alleles for each gene. One comes ...