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 ...

In a recent pre-print posted to the medRxiv* server, researchers conducted a systematic review to evaluate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the tuberculosis care cascade. They screened 27 ...

For the early detection of familial hypercholesterolaemia, IQWiG recommends discussing cascade screening based on affected relatives. English translation now available Institute for Quality and ...

One of the first global snapshots of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in children and adolescents reveals challenges in how young people with this fairly common genetic condition are diagnosed, with ...

Screening for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in childhood or early adulthood wouldn't come close to being cost-effective, despite reducing lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) events such ...