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This issue sponsored by the Southeast Lipid Association Featuring: "Translating Clinical Trial Evidence into Practical Medicine" and "Guidelines for the Guidelines — Impact and Controversies" more
It is with great pride and excitement that I compose this chapter message. Conveniently, this issue of Lipid Spin falls midway through my year as President of NELA, and therefore provides a perfect opportunity to update you on where we are, and where we are going. The summer months were a time of... more
Following the Foundation of the NLA’s inaugural Familial Hypercholesterolemia Roundtable in New Orleans this past February, I am pleased to report meaningful progress on our important FH initiative. We convened with an outstanding delegation of representatives from the American College of... more
This issue sponsored by the Southwest Lipid Association Featuring: "Why Advocacy is Important to a Medical Specialty Organization" and "Beyond the Guidelines: Application of Trial Data to Individual Patients by Focusing on Explanatory vs Pragmatic Trials" more
I am a busy family physician in La Mesa, CA, near San Diego. I became interested in cardiovascular risk reduction many years ago as advanced lipid panels became available. I wanted to understand what to do with the results, and became aware of the education efforts of the National Lipid... more
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I am honored and truly humbled to have the opportunity to serve as the President of the National Lipid Association (NLA) during the 2014/2015 term. In just a few months as president, I’ve seen tremendous strides in the lipid community, which I only hope to continue during the remainder of my... more
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(LAS VEGAS, NV) - Following a National Lipid Association (NLA) Consensus Conference held September 16, 2012, national leaders in the field of lipidology authored a consensus statement representing the most comprehensive review yet published on the impact of disturbances in calorie balance on lipid... more
On June 3, 2015, the anticipated final results of the IMProved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial (IMPROVE-IT) was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM 2015;372:2387-97). In the editorial “Proof that lower is better – LDL cholesterol and IMPROVE... more