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Patient Education Materials
Help your patients reduce their risk of high cholesterol and atherosclerosis. Use these customizable education materials to either hand out to your patients during office visits or to send to patients for follow-up consultation. Simply click “Customize download” and follow the instructions to personalize the material with your practice’s information.
You can also choose to download the standard version of the material by clicking the “Download now” button below. Please take a moment now to select from the following patient education materials.
Athero Basics
Key risk factors your patients should be aware of as they learn more about atherosclerosis.
- Key risk factors
- Key questions for patients to ask during office visits
- Lifestyle suggestions
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Cholesterol Basics
From ATP III to LDL-C and everything in between, make sure your patients understand how high
cholesterol plays a role in contributing to atherosclerosis.
- Cholesterol FAQs and answers
- Basic definitions of important cholesterol-related terms
- The ins and outs of the ATP III guidelines
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The Low-down on Managing Cholesterol
Help your patients make the change to a healthy lifestyle with these practical suggestions.
- Simple exercise and dietary tips to lower cholesterol
- Cholesterol-lowering recommendations
- A cholesterol tracker to help patients monitor treatment progress
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Eat Right, Eat Smart
Help your patients eat right with these insightful dietary tips.
- How to evaluate portion sizes
- How to read food labels to identify unhealthy ingredients
- Diet-related suggested reading from the Mayo Clinic and helpful Web sites
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Fitting Fitness In
Help your patients implement healthy changes for busy lifestyles.
- How to choose healthy foods while traveling
- Time-saving exercise tips for patients on the move
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First Steps for Fitness
Discusses raising HDL-C and lowering LDL-C with daily exercise.
Provides tips on how to start an exercise program and how to stick with it.
- Simple exercises to help lower cholesterol
- Easy-to-read charts to help patients decide what activity level is best for them
- Exercise safety tips
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Blood Pressure Basics
Teach patients how high blood pressure plays a role in the progression of atherosclerosis and other health conditions.
- Causes of high blood pressure
- What blood pressure numbers mean
- Keys to treating high blood pressure
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Diabetes Basics
Describes diabetes and how the disease may affect aspects of a patient’s health.
- Types of diabetes
- How diabetes is diagnosed
- Potential health complications for patients with diabetes
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Obesity Basics
Defines the differences between being overweight and being obese and educates patients about how weight could become a major factor in their health.
- Clinical definition of obesity based on body mass index
- Causes of obesity
- Keys to treating obesity
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Smoking & Athero
Provides information on how smoking can lead to potentially bigger health problems and offers suggestions on how to quit.
- Relationship between smoking and atherosclerosis
- Treatment options
- Keys to smoking cessation
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The Complete Collection
Download the entire collection of patient education materials and
help your patients take charge of their health.
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