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HEART UK responds to Dept of Health announcement on new cholesterol drug
The cholesterol charity HEART UK responds to the Department of Health and Social Care announcement that a new cholesterol drug, inclisiran, could be made available for NHS patients through a ground-breaking collaboration.
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Is there such a thing as Healthy Diwali?
Diwali is a very special day for millions of Indians living all over the world. No diwali celebration is complete without the platefuls of burfi, besan, laddoo, halwa etc. The vast array of traditional sweets means the festival of lights might almost be called the festival of mithai!
National Cholesterol Month
Child screening for cholesterol to find FH
A story featuring HEART UK's call to screen children at an early age along with the McKenzie family from Cornwall was a major feature in the Mail on Sunday on 6th October 2019. Read the full story here.
We are recruiting a voluntary chair position to join our Board of Trustees
We are looking to recruit a voluntary chair position to join our Board of Trustees, this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the work of HEART UK. We are looking for someone with experience of chairing meetings and organisations from any age or background.
HEART UK latest radio advert
We have teamed up with a leading healthcare communications agency to create a unique radio commercial that is being used to highlight the fact that a large amount of the female population is continuing to dismiss common symptoms of this condition until it’s too late.
‘LuvDub’ aired recently on Global Radio stations and on digital station Mi-Soul.
Gene associated with bad cholesterol linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers in the US have linked high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to the risk of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
In the study, researchers looked at the levels of cholesterol in the blood of people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and healthy volunteers.
The team found that people with elevated levels of LDL cholesterol, sometimes called ‘bad’ cholesterol, are linked to the risk of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.