Heart Disease Basics: Prevention and Basics
- 10-Year CVD Risk Calculator (Regularly Updated)
Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating 10-Year Risk of Developing Hard CHD
From National Cholesterol Education Program
- Calculate Your Body Mass (Regularly Updated)
An interactive tool.
From National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- Cholesterol Quiz (Regularly Updated)
What are the steps you can take to reduce your high blood cholesterol?.
From National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- Create-a-Diet -- Choosing Foods for the Heart Healthy Diet (Regularly Updated)
An interactive site designed to provide you with an idea of how to make the best food choices on the Heart Healthy Diet.
From National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- Caring for Your Heart if You Have HIV/AIDS (July 2012)
From The Well Project
- Australia: Higher Heart Attack Risk for HIV Patients (July 9, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 What You Can Do to Control Your Risk for Heart Complications (September/October 2011)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- American Heart Association Launches Heart Healthy Web Site and iPod App for People Living With HIV (May 2, 2011)
In PharmaLive.com
- Several Risk Factors for Heart Problems Can Be Changed by People With HIV (March 2011)
To read PDF, click here.
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
 Keep Your Ticker Tocking (Winter 2011)
As if living with HIV isn't enough, it's becoming increasingly clear that HIV-positive people have a higher risk of heart disease. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to keep your heart healthy.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- High Cholesterol -- Medicines to Help You (April 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- High Blood Pressure -- Medicines to Help You (February 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- What's the Difference Between LDL and HDL Cholesterol? (December 19, 2008)
From American Heart Association
- Are You at Risk for Heart Disease? (PDF) (June 2008)
A guide to heart disease in Spanish/English geared for Latinos.
In Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes , from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Do You Know Your Cholesterol Levels? (PDF) (June 2008)
A guide to cholesterol in Spanish/English geared for Latinos.
In Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes, from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans (PDF) (April 2008)
A guide to heart disease geared for African Americans.
In Healthy Hearts, Healthy Homes, from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- The Heart Truth for African American Women: An Action Plan (PDF) (December 2007)
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (PDF) (December 2005)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- HAART, Heart Attacks and Fish Oil: What Are the Facts? (October 2005)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
- High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know (June 2005)
To read PDF, click here.
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Dyslipidemia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected Adults Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy: Recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the Adult (September 3, 2003)
From National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
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