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NHS Website - Information About high Cholesterol ; Cholesterol-lowering medicines, statins
Patient UK- Information about high Cholesterol
NICE - An independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. Information is available for on the following:
Familial hypercholesterolaemia
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181/ifp/chapter/About-this-information
Cardiovascular disease: risk assessment and reduction including lipid modification
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181/ifp/chapter/About-this-information
Hypercholesterolaemia - ezetimibe: understanding NICE guidance
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA132/PublicInfo/pdf/English
Ezetimibe for treating primary heterozygous-familial and non-familial hypercholesterolaemia
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta385/ifp/chapter/What-has-NICE-said
Heart UK- A cholesterol charity provides information on healthy living resources, healthy eating, Cholesterol & diet ; Coronavirus and cholesterol information
From NHS choices- Cholesterol (please note, information is last updated in 2008)
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Heart UK, The Cholesterol Charity: Provides advice to those suffering from high cholesterol or who inherit high cholesterol through a helpline 0845 4505988. email: ask@heartuk.org.uk
British Heart Foundation - Nurse helpline: 0808 802 1234. email: hearthelpline@bhf.org.uk
Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow
See also separate page on Angina ; Heart diseases ; Myocardial Infarction
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This page was last modified on: 05 November 2009 12:48:33