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General Diet and Health

http://www.healthfinder.gov

This is a gateway site to health information from the government and its partners. Search on topics of interest.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/nutrisk.htm

CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has excellent information on obesity trends as well as data and facts about CDC’s nutrition and physical activity initiatives.

Atherosclerosis

http://medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATHIDX.html

The Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Index. A scientific website with histological images on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and thrombosis.

http://www.americanheart.org/

American Heart Association: Heart and Stroke A-Z Guide. Select atherosclerosis for background information on atherogenesis and links to related topics such as cholesterol, smoking, hypertension, risk factors, and stroke.

http://www.onhealth.com/conditions/resource/conditions/item%2C213.asp

Contains information on atherosclerosis, including symptoms, causes, and treatments. Also contains many useful links on related topics.

http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/com.htm

Mayo Clinic site. Search "data for health information" for topics related to atherosclerosis.

http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/IntMed/Cardio/Athero/Atherosclerosis.html

Iowa Health Book-University of Iowa Health Center. Has information on understanding atherosclerosis, common questions asked, and a useful glossary of pertinent vocabulary.

http://webmd.lycos.com/content/

Search atherosclerosis for causes, risk factors, symptoms, tests, areas of prevention and more.

http://medlineplus.adam.com/ency/article/000171.htm

Medline site. A general overview of atherosclerosis including symptoms, treatments, risk factors, and prevention.

Coronary Heart Disease

http://heartdisease.about.com/health/heartdisease/mbody.htm

Searchable site containing general information about heart disease and related topics.

http://www.bu.edu/cohis/cardvasc/heart/ischemia.htm

Ischemia and Coronary Heart Disease-Boston University Medical Center. Contains general information as well as risk factors, treatments, prevention and information on related topics.

http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/clincalc/heartrisk.html

A clinical calculator for CHD.

http://www.merckfrosst.ca/e/health/heart/cheartdis/home.html

"What you should know about CHD". Contains information on its causes, treatments, risk factors, prevention, and includes a section on foods and diet.

http://women.americanheart.org/

The American Heart Association's web page for women contains facts about heart disease, stroke, and wellness.

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/CPRC/diabetes.html

Information on diabetes and coronary heart disease in Canada.

http://audiovisual.mc.duke.edu/heartcenter.nsf/webpages/managingyourriskfactorsDiabetes

The Duke Heart Center site, "Keeping Your Heart Healthy", discusses the management of risk factors.

http://www.kidney.org/general/atoz/intro.html

National Kidney Foundation. Provides a searching tool for topics of interest.

http://www.umm.edu/cardiac/coronary.htm

University of MarylandMedicine. General information on many related areas.

Obesity

http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/49txt.html

National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement on the impact of obesity.

http://www.uchsc.edu/nutrition/nwcr.htm

National Weight Control Registry, University of Colorado Center for Human Nutrition.

Cholesterol

http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9306/htm/choleste.htm

Search for general information on cholesterol. Contains cholesterol quizzes.

http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/cholesterol/women.asp

Facts about heart disease and women and the maintenance of cholesterol.

http://www.heartpoint.com/cholesterolmain.html

Extensive cholesterol information including diet information, risk factors, treatments and more.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health-Center for Cholesterol Education. Contains a variety of general information as well as risk factors, prevention, treatment and more.

http://www.heartinfo.com/reviews/hchol.htm

Extensive information on cholesterol topics including information relating to children.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/4304635102

A publication of the American Heart Association.  Contains the AHA Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

http://www.wellweb.com/HEART/ahadiet.htm

The new American Heart Association dietary guidelinesin brief.

French Paradox

http://www.eurocare.org/profiles/franceparadoxeng.htm

Information, epidemiological studies results, and other related topic information.

http://www.manbir-online.com/cardiac/red.wine.htm

A new perspective on the French Paradox.

http://archives.seattletimes.com/web/index.html

Enter the date: March 3, 1998, and begin the Search. Llook under Local News for the article on new perspectives on the French Paradox.

http://www.clinical-cardiology.org/briefs/9705briefs/cc20-420.html

Alcohol, heart disease, and the French paradox.