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Alan M. Ehrlich

Alan M. Ehrlich

Alan M. Ehrlich, MD, FAAFP is a family physician, Executive Editor of DynaMed (EBSCO), and Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School.

Aug 24, 2026

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine

Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine

Recalculating Risk: Updated Guidelines for Lipid Management - Frankly Speaking Ep 499

Aug 24 · 15m

Frank DominoHOST
3:52
Um, what was recommended with regards to testing, and what's new about that?
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
3:58
So I'll cover a couple of the things.
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
4:00
There's a lot...
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
4:00
A-again, there's so much in this guideline.
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
4:02
We're gonna be obviously somewhat selective in what we cover.
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
4:06
Uh, but they do recommend a single lipid profile before adolescence to look for familial hypercholesterolemia.
Alan M. Ehrlich
Alan M. EhrlichGUEST
4:14
The rate of familial hypercholesterolemia is somewhere between one in two hundred and fifty and one in three hundred, so we're talking about something relatively rare.

6 MINS LATER

Frank DominoHOST
9:56
How are we going to incorporate them into our clinical decision-making?

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