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So You Have High Blood Cholesterol...
From the National Institutes of Health

Section 1: What You Need to Know
  • Heart disease
  • What your level means
  • Questions and answers
  • Section 2: What You Need to Do
  • Reducing high cholesterol
  • Taking medicine
  • Section 3: Where to Go for Help
  • Health professionals
  • Get more information
  • Glossary
  • Cholesterol level chart
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    The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has a pamphlet called Step by Step: Eating to Lower Your High Blood Cholesterol. This pamphlet gives details
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    on how to change your eating habits in order to lower your blood cholesterol levels. The NCEP also has booklets for children with high blood cholesterol levels and their parents. In addition, the NHLBI has a booklet, Exercise and Your Heart, and a resource list of agencies and organizations able to answer questions on cholesterol and the other risk factor for hear disease. For these and other materials, write:
    National Cholesterol Education Program
    NHLBI Information Center
    P.O. Box 30105
    Bethesda, Maryland 20824-0105

    The American Heart Association can also provide you with additional information. Contact your local American Heart Association or call 1-800-AHA-USA1 (1-800-242-8721)



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