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SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT HIGH BLOOD CHOLESTEROL AND HEART DISEASE

If you have high blood cholesterol, you are more likely to have a heart attack or a stroke.

You are at a higher risk for high blood cholesterol and heart disease if someone in your immediate family (parent, brother or sister) has high blood cholesterol.

High blood cholesterol is especially dangerous for people who smoke, and for people with high blood pressure or diabetes.


THE GOOD NEWS IS:
YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE.
Work with your doctor:

  To control your blood cholesterol.
  To control the other factors that can lead to heart disease.

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Date Modified: 2002-11-19

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