Vascular Improvement Program
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Try these vascular improvement related sites:
Community Hospital--for program time and place information:
http://www.commhospindy.org/
General Sites
American Academy of Family Physicians--for patient information:
http://www.aafp.org/
American Heart Association--for helpful information and links to other sites:
http://www.americanheart.org/
American Medical Association--for patient information and links to other sites:
http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Stroke Association--a branch of the American Heart Association--for general stroke information and links to other sites:
http://www.strokeassociation.org/
Medi-Consult.com, Inc.--an excellent source on information for multiple problems and which allows you to search by keyword for your particular problem area of interest:
http://www.mediconsult.com/
National Health Information Center--a source for answers to your health questions:
http://nhic-nt.health.org/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N.H.L.B.I.)--very helpful information and links to other sites:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.)--a source of general health information:
http://www.nih.gov/
Women Only--Menopause and Estrogen Loss--from American Heart Association's "Women, Heart Disease and Stroke":
http://women.americanheart.org/
or:
http://women.americanheart.org/self_care/fs_menopause.html
Sites To Help You Eat Healthy
Basal Metabolism--calculates your caloric, fat, carbohydrate and protein needs in a day:
http://www.room42.com/
Consumer Information Center--(click on "food")--a site for obtaining printed literature which is either free or at minimal cost (usually less than $1.00):
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov
Fast Food Facts (from Minnesota Attorney General's Office):
http://www.olen.com/food/book.html
Fast Food Facts - Interactive Food Finder (from Minnesota Attorney General's Office) - this is a must for those who eat out regularly -- try clicking on this one without entering data to get a complete print-out:
http://www.olen.com/food
Mayo Health Oasis--(click on "nutrition" on the right)--a top site on healthy menu listings and for links to other excellent nutrition sites:
http://www.mayohealth.org
United States Department of Agriculture's Nutrient Database (U.S.D.A.)--allows a search by food type for detailed nutritional composition:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
Calculators and Charts
American Heart Association Risk Calculator:
http://www.americanheart.org/risk/quiz.html
Basal Metabolism--calculates your caloric, fat, carbohydrate, and protein needs in a day:
http://www.room42.com/
Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) Chart:
http://www.pharminfo.com/disease/gastro/bmi.html
Death Clock (Caution--Adult Language)--an amusing approach to the end of your roughly calculated lifespan by a countdown clock:
http://www.deathclock.com
LDL-Cholesterol Target Goal:
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance's Longevity Calculator:
http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity/
Stroke Risk Scorecard (For Both Men and Women):
http://women.americanheart.org/self_care/fs_reduce_risk.html
New Links!
Cardiovascular Information (heartinfo.org):
http://www.heartinfo.org
Health Portrait Calculator on Thrive On-Line (an excellent resource for objectively determining you risk factors for development of cardiovascular disease and for general health risk factors: (Click on "Medical", then under "Assess Yourself", click on "Health Risk Quiz")
http://www.thriveonline.com/