Cholesterol

Children

1.	What's Cholesterol? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cholesterol.html




2.	Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis in Children American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4499




3.	Cholesterol and Your Child Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/cholesterol.html




4.	Cholesterol: Diet Tips for Children with High Chol American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/495.xml

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypercholesterolemia National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006937&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	What Are Healthy Levels of Cholesterol? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=183




2.	Measurement of Cholesterol American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/110/11/e296

Disease Management

1.	Checklists for Lowering Your Cholesterol American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=514




2.	Cholesterol Questions to Ask Your Doctor American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3006033




3.	How You Can Lower Your Cholesterol Level: Virtual National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/Tipsheets/vfitness.htm




4.	Talk to Your Doctor--Be Part of Your Health Care T National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/Tipsheets/nextsteps.htm

Health Check Tools

1.	Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-Year R National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp




2.	Cholesterol Quiz: Is Your Diet Hurting Your Heart? Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=QZ00046

National Institutes of Health

1.	Cholesterol Counts for Everyone National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/index.htm




2.	High Blood Cholesterol National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbc/HBC_WhatIs.html




3.	High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/wyntk.htm

Nutrition

1.	Tips for Eating Out American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=531




2.	Recipes for Low-Fat and Low-Cholesterol Meals American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=515




3.	How Can I Lower High Cholesterol? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110288182952015%20LwrHighCh...




4.	Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf




5.	Fats & Cholesterol -- The Good, the Bad, a Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats.html

Organizations

1.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/




2.	American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

Overviews

1.	Cholesterol: What You Can Do to Lower Your Level American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/029.xml




2.	Cholesterol American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4488

Prevention/Screening

1.	LDL Cholesterol Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ldl/test.html




2.	Cholesterol Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cholesterol/test.html




3.	HDL Cholesterol Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hdl/test.html




4.	Simple Steps to Help Reduce Your Risk National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/cholmonth/tips.htm

Related Issues

1.	What Every Consumer Should Know about Trans Fatty Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/transfat/q_a.html




2.	Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Diabetes American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/main/uedocuments/ADACholesterolPatient.pdf




3.	Chart Your Progress - Reach Your Goal National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/cholmonth/track3.htm




4.	"Good Cholesterol": High-Density American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/5/e89




5.	What's the Difference between LDL and HDL Cho American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=180

Research

1.	Update on Cholesterol Guidelines: More-Intensive T National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2004/nhlbi-12.htm




2.	Targeting Cholesterol Treatment toward Increasing American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/2/I-46




3.	Improving Cholesterol Levels: Is a Low-Fat Diet Hi American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/9/I-35

Seniors

1.	Medicare Coverage for Cardiovascular Disease Preve American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028172




2.	Seniors and Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/801.xml

Specific Conditions

1.	What Is Cholesterol and What Does It Have To Do Wi National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/why.htm




2.	Hyperlipidemia Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoi...




3.	Hyperlipidemia American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4600

Statistics

1.	Youth and Cardiovascular Diseases--Statistics American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1075790728898FS11YTH4.pdf




2.	High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipids: Statistic American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1045754065601FS13CHO3.pdf




3.	Cholesterol National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/library/fs_cholesterol.htm




4.	FASTATS: Cholesterol National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/cholest.htm

Teenagers

1.	What Is Cholesterol? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/question/dieting/cholesterol.html




2.	Statin Therapy May Reduce Progression of Heart Dis Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/statin_therapy.html

Treatment

1.	ALLHAT: New Findings about Drugs to Lower High Blo National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/allhat/facts.htm




2.	JAMA Patient Page: Treatment of High Cholesterol American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZQKIAOZUD&sub_...




3.	Cholesterol Lowering Medicines National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://nhlbisupport.com/chd1/meds.htm




4.	How to Stay on Your Cholesterol-Lowering Medicatio National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://nhlbisupport.com/chd1/tipsheets/howtostay.htm

Women

1.	About Cholesterol: Special Message for Women American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=185




2.	High Blood Cholesterol National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/cholesterol.htm