| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - Past and Present Research |
| | High Cholesterol... |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | Of the risk factors that you can control, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking are three of the most important.... |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | The more risk factors you have, the more you are in danger of a heart attack.The combination of high cholesterol and two additional risk factors is serious.. Even more serious is high cholesterol in a person who has a coronary heart disease.. If you have either of these combinations or high cholesterol alone (LDL cholesterol of [ 4.1 mmol / L ] or higher) you need to speak with your doctor as soon as possible.. |
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| 4. | Merck Frosst Canada - Cholesterol |
| | What is high cholesterol ?... High cholesterol is one of the most common medical conditions, affecting people from every walk of life.... You will get the facts you need to know to understand cholesterol and the way it affects your body, and how others have come to terms with their high cholesterol and its treatment.... |
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| 5. | Merck Frosst Canada - Cholesterol |
| | How common is high cholesterol ?... Many millions of people worldwide have high cholesterol.... Why is high LDL cholesterol bad ?... Having high cholesterol does not mean that you are sick.... Untreated high cholesterol means extra risk for a heart attack or stroke.... Some people can control their high cholesterol just by changing the way they eat and exercise.... |
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| 6. | Merck Frosst Canada - Cholesterol |
| | For some people with high cholesterol, diet and exercise are not enough.... Remember, medications do not cure high cholesterol the way an antibiotic cures an ear infection ; but for most people, they are a key to helping keep cholesterol under control.... Controlling high cholesterol is much the same : as long as you continue treatment, you may be able to keep your cholesterol level where it belongs and get on with an active life.... |
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| 7. | Merck Frosst Canada - Cholesterol |
| | If you are diagnosed as having high cholesterol, you may be able to control it by making some changes to your lifestyle - - through diet and exercise.... What is meant by high cholesterol ?... |
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| 8. | Merck Frosst Canada - Proper Eating |
| | High LDL cholesterol... |
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| 9. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | Will diet and exercise lower my high cholesterol ?... Exercise not only helps reduce high cholesterol, it may also help reduce other risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity.... That is why diet is an important part of all treatment plans to lower high cholesterol.... |
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| 10. | Merck Frosst Canada - Coronary Heart Disease |
| | If you have high cholesterol and answer " yes " to two or more of the following questions, your risk is increased :... Do you have a high LDL cholesterol level confirmed by a doctor ?... |
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