The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) was commissioned by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) to assess the benefit of universal blood lipid screening for the early ...

MANNHEIM, Germany—A strategy that uses multiple ways of communicating with family members helps improve cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), according to results from IMPACT-FH, a ...

Cascade screening is the process of screening family members once a person is diagnosed with FH in order to identify others who may be affected. This approach can identify both adults and children ...