CardioExchange Archive

June 4th, 2013

Day Two At the NLA: Interviewed On The Radio

Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

June 2– The early part of my second day at the NLA conference started out in an exciting way. As a third place winner of the Young Investigators abstract competition I was invited to talk about my research on “Lipid Luminations,”XM radio’s Reach MD station hosted by Dr. Alan Brown.  My research, titled “Prevalence of […]

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June 3rd, 2013

Waiting For ATP IV In Las Vegas

Reva Balakrishnan, MD, MPH

May 31– Today was the first full day of the National Lipid Association meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a first time attendee, I notice many differences compared to the larger meetings. Firstly, there are ~ 700 people in attendance; this dwarfs in comparison to the AHA and ACC which count attendees in the thousands. […]

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October 17th, 2011

National Lipid Association Responds to Coverage of Its Statement on Biomarkers

Christopher Seymour, MBA

Editor’s Note: This contribution from Christopher R. Seymour, Executive Director of the National Lipid Association, is a response to Larry Husten’s October 13 blog post titled “National Lipid Association Expert Panel Has Many Deep Ties to Industry.” On behalf of the National Lipid Association (NLA), I want to address your inquiry regarding the paper titled “Clinical […]

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October 13th, 2011

National Lipid Association Expert Panel Has Many Deep Ties To Industry

Larry Husten, PHD

[Editor’s note: see here for a reply post to this news story by Chrstopher Seymour, MBA, Executive Director of the National Lipid Association]. An “expert panel” assembled by the National Lipid Association (NLA) is recommending a dramatic expansion in the use of new biomarkers for the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. The recommendations, if widely adopted, […]

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