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    Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial

    Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a heritable disorder affecting 1.3 million individuals in the USA. Eighty percent of people with FH are undiagnosed, particularly minoritized populations including Black o...

    Christina Johnson, **bo Chen, Mary P. McGowan, Eric Tricou in Implementation Science (2024)

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    Optimizing communication strategies and designing a comprehensive program to facilitate cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolemia

    This project aimed to optimize communication strategies to support family communication about familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and improve cascade testing uptake among at-risk relatives. Individuals and fami...

    Gemme Campbell-Salome, Laney K. Jones, Nicole L. Walters in BMC Health Services Research (2023)

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    Nutritional supplements and serum lipids: Does anything work?

    Hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease. Many patients decline prescription lipid-lowering agents and opt instead for supplements. Before any supplement can be routinely r...

    Mary P. McGowan, Suzanne Proulx in Current Atherosclerosis Reports (2009)