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Getting Started

• Where Do I Begin? An infographic from the National Lipid Association to get you started.
• What do your numbers mean? - Cholesterol, Blood Pressure, Weight, BMI, Blood Sugar and More
• For Kids and Families, get answers at our partner website, Homework for Health!

Know Your Risks

• Calculating Heart Disease Risk
• Family History Matters - Inheriting High Cholesterol or Heart Disease
• Familial Hypercholesterolemia - FH
• Get tested - See Below Under 'Cholesterol' for much more on this!

Health Conditions and Risk Factors to Know About When Thinking About Heart Disease and Stroke Risks 

• Blood Sugar Problems -Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes
• Cholesterol Problems:
  • Cholesterol Problems - Screening in Children
  • Cholesterol Problems - Adults - Types of Cholesterol, Inherited Problems, Nutrition and Exercise Approaches, Medications
• Hypertension
• Weight Management
  • Overweight and Obesity, Increased Waist Circumference Resources - Adults
  • Weight Management in Children Childhood Obesity and Healthy Weights in Kids
• Smoking
• Coronary Artery Disease
  • A video to help understand coronary artery disease
  • What is a myocardial infarction (video)?
  • Plaque rupture (most common cause of a heart attack) video
• Stroke - What is a stroke (video)?
• Common Problems We Treat At Mobile Health Team

Cholesterol - Types of Cholesterol, Inherited Problems, Special Advanced Testing Available

• Understanding your test results:
  • Overview on Cholesterol Testing
  • Understand Your Test Results - Adults
  • Understanding Your Test Results - Children
  • Very High Levels in Children - What does it mean?
• Advanced Testing
• Total Cholesterol
• LDL Cholesterol
• HDL Cholesterol
• Triglycerides
• LDL Particles

Putting it all together: Creating a plan to treat your cholesterol problems

• Step One - Are You Ready for Change?
• Treating Your High Cholesterol:
  • Treatment options for children
• Putting it all together: Setting your goals

• Nutrition and Diet - What's Right for You?
  • Eating Right - Making Healthy Choices for Kids
• Exercise:
  • Physical Activity from CDC.Gov
  • Exercise is Medicine - Adults
  • Exercise and Kids' Cholesterol - Children
• Medications:
  • Overview of cholesterol-lowering medications from the Mayo Clinic 
  • Statins and how they work (video) and a Statin Comparison Chart
  • The New PCSK9 Inhibitor Drugs - Adults
  • Are Medications Ever Used in Children?
• Treatments for Blood Sugar Problems
• LDL Apheresis

Finding the Right Help Along the Way - Creating Your Ideal Health Team - So Many Options!

• Take a Class
• What is a lipidologist?  
• Tele-Health - Personalized Video Consultations
• Mobile Healthcare (mHealth)
• Social Media in Medicine

Special Cholesterol Conditions - Do you know that you have a specific cholesterol problem? Here are some credible, patient-focused organizations for specific cholesterol problems:

• The FH Foundation - for individuals and families with Familial Hypercholesterolemia and/or elevated Lipoprotein(a) 
• LPL Deficiency Association - a group for individuals and families with Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency 
• Lipoprotein (a) Foundation - for individuals and famlies with Liproprotein (a)