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Electronic capture and storage of health information is a potentially powerful tool. When electronic information is captured in a way that is translatable across multiple platforms and stored in an easily accessible platform, it provides longitudinal information regarding patients and their health... more
The National Lipid Association (NLA) is excited to announce it has submitted a proposal to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to create new, specific ICD-10 codes for FH, which would include homozygous FH and heterozygous FH. The NCHS is the Federal agency responsible for revising the... more
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released its Final Recommendation Statement on Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening. NLA leadership disagrees with this release and communicated twice to USPSTF about the implications of this statement. The... more
On behalf of the National Lipid Association, the 2020 Annual Business Meeting will be held electronically Monday, June 8, 2020 from 6:00-6:30 PM ET.
September 24 is Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Awareness Day. It was initiated by the FH Foundation as part of their mission to raise awareness of FH in the public. As a supporter of this initiative, the National Lipid Association (NLA) and the Foundation of the NLA would like to help... more
Lipoprotein(a), also referred to as Lp(a), is an unusual plasma lipoprotein that was first described by Berg in 1963.1 The lipoprotein(a) particle consists of a low density lipoprotein (LDL) particle to which a single molecule of apoprotein(a) is covalently bound via a disulfide linkage to... more
MIAMI, Fla. – (May 18, 2019) – Findings of the first patient statin use survey based on a comprehensive set of patient experiences and behavioral markers were presented today at the National Lipid Association’s (NLA) 2019 Scientific Sessions. The Statin Adverse Treatment Experience (STATE)... more
A list of FH resources and publication, specially compiled by the National Lipid Association
Introduction Solid organ transplantation (SOT), encompassing kidney, liver, heart and to a lesser extent pancreas and lung, has become routine care for optimal treatment of end-stage disease in many patients.1,2 Refinements in transplantation protocols have helped preserve transplanted organs... more