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News Spotlight
National and Regional Board Nominations Statin Use Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes Nominate Your Colleagues for an NLA Award National and Regional Board NominationsThe Nominating Committees of the NLA Board of Directors and the regional Boards of Directors are seeking nominations. Each year, the term of approximately 1/3 of each Board expires. New Board members are elected each May at the NLA Annual Scientific Sessions. To nominate your colleagues to serve on the NLA or regional Boards, please use the following links:
Education Spotlight
Register Now to Capture Early Bird Rate for 2012 Spring CLU! Give Us Your Input & Earn Lipid Bucks Today Act Now - Complete your CLM-SAP edition 15 to earn 3.0 CME/CE credits JCL e-CME activity: Diagnosis and Management of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adults
Check Your Mailboxes!Information regarding the NLA 2012 Annual Scientific Sessions should be hitting your mailbox this week. You should recieve a postcard highlighting the Annual Meeting as well as all the information to submit an abstract. This year we will be featuring live oral presentations of selected abstracts. Don’t forget to take advantage of the early bird registration discount of only $495. Meeting details are being added to the website daily. Please note: The number for making reservations at the conference hotel, the JW Marriott Camelback, was misprinted on the postcard and should read: 800-582-2169. Take advantage of the NLA’s negotiated room rate of only $189/night plus tax.
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Statin use in postmenopausal women is associated with a significantly increased risk of diabetes mellitus, according to new data provided by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), whose research suggests that the risk of diabetes is higher than previously estimated, with investigators reporting a 48% increased risk of diabetes among the women taking the lipid-lowering medications.
The NLA has established three different awards to recognize outstanding contributions to Clinical Lipidology. We have many talented and accomplished professionals in our ranks, and we always look to recognize and applaud their commitment to medicine, research and the highest levels of patient care. The awards for Fellow of the NLA, Distinguished Achievement, and Honorary Lifetime Membership will be presented at the Annual Scientific Sessions in Scottsdale, Arizona. Nominations are due on February 15, 2012. 
On February 3, 2012, National Wear Red Day, Americans will wear red to show their support for women's heart health. This observance promotes the life-saving awareness-to-action movement by putting on a favorite red dress, red shirt, red tie, or other red clothing to continue to urge women to protect their hearts, as heart disease is the No.1 killer of women. Join the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and many other groups to promote National Wear Red Day in your local community.
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