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The NLA has partnered with RealCME to host a virtual case activity on hypertriglyceridemia in children. Drs. Don Wilson, Catherine McNeal, and Piers Blackett have created a scenario of a 6 month old female patient in a virtual office setting for health care professionals with an interest in... more
R.E. is a 58-year-old Asian male who finally quit smoking one month ago, and is now being treated for hypertension to goal with the combination amlodipine/benazepril. He has type 2 diabetes and takes metformin 500 mg bid. His initial lipid panel revealed a TC=230 mg/dL, LDL=140 mg/dL, HDL=35 mg/dL... more
It is an honor to contribute this PLA Chapter Update to the current edition of LipidSpin. Congratulations to all PLA and SWLA authors who contributed to this edition. We sincerely appreciate the time and effort involved, and we are also grateful for the mentorship provided by senior authors to... more
August President's Message Dr. Joseph Saseen takes a look ahead at what is to come for the NLA, including LipidPALOOZA in September!
In the year 2001, we began a new millennium, but for many of us a more important beginning occurred the next year with the formation of the National Lipid Association. I had the good fortune to be there with my colleagues as we made the decision to convince Christopher Seymour to become our... more
It is my privilege to serve as President of the NLA during this coming year. As is always the case, this is both an exciting but also a very challenging time. I would like to tell you about some of the programs and initiatives we are rolling out this year. In September, we are convening a panel of... more
The National Lipid Association ("NLA") respects your privacy. All personal information that is provided to the NLA is stored in a secure database and is restricted to designated NLA staff who have a "need to know" such information. The NLA will not disclose, give, sell, or transfer your personal... more
Adding ezetimibe to statin therapy further lowered cholesterol levels and resulted in fewer cardiovascular events in patients following heart attack More than a decade ago, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) demonstrated that a high dose statin, which lowered... more
Dr. Scott Kirkpatrick is SWLA’s 2022 Lipid Scholarship Program recipient, a PGY-5 cardiology fellow at the University of Arizona-Tuscon. As a future general cardiologist with a passion for preventive cardiology, his career mission is to help as many people as he can in the fight against... more