Patient Education

American Heart Association. Search for information from the Heart and Stroke A to Z Guide and access information, news, and more about heart disease and stroke.

BMI Calculator. NHLBI has put together an interactive BMI calculator. Just plug in your weight in pounds and height in feet and inches and it spits out your BMI.

Cardiac Health Web. The Blacksburg Electronic Village has compiled risk assessments, resources, and links to websites related to heart health.

Cholesterol Quiz Site. The New River Health Department provides this interactive question and answer site to test your knowledge of cholesterol and your heart.

Diabetes Risk Test. The American Diabetes has compiled this interactive risk assessment for diabetes.

Fitness and Nutrition. Patient education on fitness, nutrition, strength training, etc. from the publishers of Vogue, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Self, Allure, and Sports for Women. Also includes Tufts University Health and Nutrition Newsletter and and "Ask the Tufts Experts" section.

Go Ask Alice. Columbia University Health Services invites you to ask a question or look through previously answered questions on a variety of health-related topics.

Good Health Web. Health-related discussion groups, links to health organizations, news, and information.

Harvard Heart Letter. Current and back issues of the Harvard Heart Letter.

Healthfinder. The U.S. government has compiled links to resources and information on a variety of health-related topics.

HealthGate Patient Education. Guide to medical tests, drug information, nutrition information and more.

Heart Attack Risk Assessement. Nine question interactive assessment of risk of heart attack from the American Heart Association.

How to Prevent High Blood Pressure. Great patient ed site for patient with high blood pressure from NHLBI.

Live Healthier, Live Longer - Lowering Cholesterol for the person with CHD. NCEP patient education site specifically for CHD patients.

National Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders. Patient education on diabetes, kidney disease, and other disorders.

National Jewish Center for Allergy & Respiratory Medicine. Patient education on asthma and other lung diseases

Nutrition, Wellness, and Prevention. Publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine produces this patient education site with conditions from A to Z, an ask the pharmacy expert and an ask the fitness expert section.

Rate Your Diet. Find out how your diet rates with this interactive questionnaire.

Stay Young at Heart - Cooking the Heart Healthy Way. NHLBI brings you recipes and tips on how to cook without excess fat.

Step by Step - Eating to Lower Your High Blood Cholesterol. Information on lowering cholesterol from NHLBI. Includes MedFicts assessment.

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