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View the NLA & Chapter Board Resrouces below: 2020-2021 Board Resource Packet Orientation Webinar Orientation Webinar Slides × Close
The National Lipid Association (NLA) and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC) have released a joint clinical perspective in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology (JCL) and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (AJPC) strongly encouraging clinicians to recognize the... more
Discuss this article at www.lipid.org/lipidspin Clinical practice guidelines are integral to daily management of cardiovascular diseases, including hyperlipidemia. The most recent 2018 Multisociety Cholesterol Guidelines advocate for a more personalized approach to risk assessment.... more
Muscle symptoms in patients on statin therapy are prevalent and offer a complicated differential for providers to entertain. Symptoms range from relatively mild aches and pains to severe and debilitating weakness and pain. Statins are taken by more than 25 million patients across the globe and have... more
Statin drugs have been studied in numerous controlled trials involving hundreds of thousands of study participants. Their use has resulted in reduced coronary artery disease (CAD) mortality, morbidity and, in several studies, all-cause mortality. Even though clinical trial evidence and clinical... more
The Nominating Committees for the NLA and its Chapters have completed their work for 2015 and have submitted a recommendation for officers and directors at large for the terms available. The slate will be presented for election by the members at the Annual Business Meeting in Chicago during... more
Along with lipid accumulation, inflammation plays a key role in the development of atherosclerosis.(1) Perhaps 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG CoA reductase) inhibitors (statins) are effective in the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) because they... more
As your new President, I first want to thank you for the opportunity to serve the National Lipid Association (NLA), and you, its members, for the 2015–2016 year. My colleague and good friend, Dr. Terry Jacobson, has been a tireless worker and advocate for the NLA in his role as president for the... more
The NLA has released its clinician tear sheet on the 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. The tear sheet is an important resource for physicians to quickly and easily reference key points from the 2018 Guideline at a glance. It can be printed or shared electronically for... more