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On Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 4015 (237-182) that would repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that serves as the underpinning of Medicare physician payment and provide for other Medicare payment reforms. Unfortunately, the... more
Thank you for attending the NLA Lipid University. We hope you were able to take home key points and broaden your knowledge in the lipidology field. For your convenience, below are the slide decks in PDF format if you wish to review further. more
When I entered medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle quite a few years ago, I soon came to the realization that cardiovascular disease was one of my primary areas of academic interest. Little did I know however, that I would come to love a specialty that did not even exist at... more
Click Here for LDL Receptor Slide Presentations The Translational Science of the LDL Receptor: an NLA Core Curriculum Intensive Program provides a comprehensive, in-depth indoctrination to advanced lipid science. This masters-level course is designed to address knowledge,... more
William “Bill” Neal, MD (1940-2021), was a pediatric cardiologist who pioneered the “Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities” (CARDIAC) initiative.(1) CARDIAC is a comprehensive school-based risk factor surveillance, intervention, and research initiative designed to... more
If your health care provider has suggested that you join the FH Patient registry, download this patient tear sheet that will assist you in filling out the information required for the FH Patient Registry. Health care providers: you can also download this form and give to your FH patients. Download... more
Note: To download a an individual presentation section file, please click on the "Download" link using the right button of your mouse. Select "Save target as". In the new window specify where you want to save the file for future reference. All presentation materials are the... more
Introduction Telemedicine can help deliver care for cardiometabolic disorders, however it has not been used often by primary care providers in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).(1,2) FQHC patients have higher prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders which increases their susceptibility to... more
Familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) is an autosomal dominant disorder of lipid metabolism considered by international guidelines to be a genetically defined cause of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).1–3 FDB arises from mutations in apolipoprotein B (apoB) affecting the affinity of apoB-... more