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About Cholesterol  

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

 

Other Language Leaflets

 

From NHS choices- Cholesterol (please note, information is last updated in 2008)

Portuguese | Spanish |

 

Local Information

 

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

 

Useful Websites

Circulation Foundation

British Heart Foundation

Heart UK

Diabetes UK

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