Health and Medical Guide to Food and Nutrition Cholesterol Health information topics about 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. 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