Deadly inherited condition more common than type 1 diabetes in children (British Heart Foundation)
(WorldNews Health)

(Source: British Heart Foundation) 21 February 2017 BHF Press Office Category: Research Approximately one in every 250 people in the UK has familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a potentially deadly inherited condition which, if undiagnosed, can cause people to die from a heart attack at an early age. Our figures suggest that FH affects around 250,000 people and is more common than type one diabetes in children, which affects around one in 500 children. FH causes abnormally high levels of cholesterol in a person`s blood, meaning that otherwise healthy individuals are at a much greater risk of having a heart...