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2. Food for the Hungry - Wikipedia

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   CEO. Mark Viso. Website. www.fh.org. Food for the Hungry (also known as FH) is a Christian international relief, development, and advocacy organization. Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971 by Larry Ward. [1] Food for the Hungry's stated mission for long-term development is to graduate communities of extreme poverty within 10–15 years.

3. Familial hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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   Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol levels, specifically very high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), in the blood and early cardiovascular diseases. The most common mutations diminish the number of functional LDL receptors in the liver or produce abnormal LDL ...

4. Things That Can Impact Your Cholesterol Levels - WebMD

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   Red meat. Whole milk and other full-fat dairy products. Butter. Shellfish. Eggs. Trans fat is even worse for your heart. It both raises LDL cholesterol and lowers HDL cholesterol. This type of fat ...

5. Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Treatments, Symptoms, and More

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   Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an inherited condition that results in high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This also results in high total cholesterol as well and can ...

6. Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia - WebMD

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   Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a disorder where it is hard for your body to remove LDL "bad" cholesterol from your blood. The disease raises your chances of a heart attack at an early ...

7. Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH): An Overview

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   Takeaway. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in your blood. Doctors classify FH as either homozygous ...

8. Family history (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Family history (medicine) In medicine, a family history (FH or FHx) consists of information about disorders of direct blood relatives of the patient. [1] Genealogy typically includes very little of the medical history of the family, but the medical history could be considered a specific subset of the total history of a family. [citation needed]

9. WebMD - Better information. Better health.

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   The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award ...