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This Month's Feature:MANAGING YOUR CHOLESTEROL: NEW GUIDELINES
Are you doing everything you should to manage your cholesterol and your risk of heart disease? Learn more about how new cholesterol guidelines could change the way you and your doctor think about your heart disease risk and your cholesterol.
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High cholesterol basics
- About cholesterol and high cholesterol
- "Good" and "bad" cholesterol... what does it all mean?
- How can high cholesterol harm me?
- How high is too high?
- Are you at risk of high cholesterol?
Testing, testing
Setting goals and tracking your progress
Reaching your treatment goals
Overcoming obstacles
Cholesterol treatment FAQ
Expert Opinion: Cholesterol
Talking to your doctor
Doctor Discussion Guide
Cholesterol Diary
Motivation Workbook
Health features
- Active Living
- CRP, cholesterol, and heart disease
- You, your doctor, and your cholesterol levels
- Food and You
- Heart disease: lowering your risk
Health tools
- Body mass index (BMI) calculator
- Ideal weight range calculator
- What's your stress-coping style?
- Heart disease risk calculator
- Target cholesterol levels and heart disease risk calculator
Related conditions
- Aneurysm (Brain Aneurysm · Aortic Aneurysm)
- Angina (Angina Pectoris)
- Angioplasty (Heart Artery Dilation · PCTA · PCI · Balloon Angioplasty)
- Arrhythmias (Abnormal Heart Rhythms · Dysrhythmia)
- Blood Clots (Deep Vein Thrombosis · Thrombophlebitis · Phlebitis)
Related medications
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About This Channel
High cholesterol can increase your risk of developing heart disease, the leading cause of death in Canada. But effective lowering of cholesterol levels saves lives. Whether you want to learn more about high cholesterol, have high cholesterol but do not take medication, or have high cholesterol and take medication, you've come to the right place!
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