Potpourri 2015

Niacin: The Third or Fourth Option

After the clinical studies, Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglyceride and Impact on Global Health Outcomes (AIM-HIGH) and Heart Protection Study 2-Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events (HPS2-THRIVE), the National Lipid Association... more

Reflections: An Aggressively Managed Lipidologist Can Have an Acute Coronary Syndrome

Author Edwin Ferguson, MD, is a 70-year-old practicing preventive cardiologist and certified clinical lipidologist who, despite 20 years of treatment for dyslipidemia, recently had an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). His cardiovascular journey began in medical school when, despite his... more

Foundation Update

The Foundation of the National Lipid Association continues to make strides to help educate and promote clinical lipidology — both to clinicians and to the public. In the last Foundation Update, we discussed the launch of “Cholesterol Counts,” an unbranded cholesterol awareness campaign geared... more