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High Blood Cholesterol, An online tutorial presenting basic information on high blood cholesterol, provided by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Heath (NIH). Read More… Facts on Cholesterol, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Map with statistics on the percentage of people who had their blood tested for cholesterol by state. >> Read More Facts on Cholesterol According to a study for the Council on Science and Public Health, American Medical Association: “Across populations, the level of blood pressure, the incremental rise in blood pressure with age, and the prevalence of hypertension are directly related to . . . → Read More: AMA urges immediate FDA action to reduce excess salt in food from FightForMore.com, a website started by Lonnie Ali, wife of Muhammad Ali, based on their experiences in fighting his Parkinson’s Disease. >>View Info Cleveland Clinic. Tips for caregivers of patients with Parskinson’s Disease, offered by the Cleveland Clinic. >>View Info FightForMore.com, a website started by Lonnie Ali, wife and caregiver to Muhammad Ali, who in conjunction with Parkinson’s Unity Walk and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, founded the Fight For MORE campaign. The campaign is championing the important fight for more resources . . . → Read More: Fight For More Campaign for Parkinson’s Disease Patients and their Caregivers Cholesterol, Website of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Contains information on cholesterol, facts and statistics, and prevention of heart disease. Read More…  Comments are closed  Heart Disease/ Stroke - Prevention: Classic Sources, Physical Wellness: Diet & Nutrition PatientsLikeMe.com. An online community in which parkinson’s disease patients and their caregivers share detailed medical information about their symptoms, treatments, and experiences, learning from each other. >>View Info Website of the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, which includes helpful information on all aspects of parkinson’s, including this page on caregiving and family support. >>View Info Facts About Healthy Weight, A 4 page pamphlet by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. View Info: Facts About Healthy Weight Educational Supplement # 4 by the American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. Tips and advice for the caregiver of the parkinson’s disease patient. >>View Info Educational Supplement # 9 by the American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. >>View Info Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Pamphlet with tips on how to cope and manage life with parkinson’s for those with parkinson’s and their caregivers, called a “care partnership” because this progressive and so far uncurable disease so profoundly affects the lives . . . → Read More: The PD Partnership: Tips for People with PD andTheir Care Partners The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Tips and suggestions from patient authors to help caregivers in dealing with the emotional, social, and basic medical issues of caregiving for parkinson’s patients. >>View Info Cleveland Clinic. Discussion of the important and extensive role of the family caregiver for parkinson’s patients, tips and guidance on how to maintain and improve your caregiving relationship, and some of the unique challenges of caregiving for patients with . . . → Read More: The Role of the Caregiver in Parkinson’s Disease National Parkinson Foundation. Comprehensive discussion of available treatment options, including a list of commonly prescribed medications and their side effects, protective treatments, experimental treatments, links to organizations and their websites that provide information on ongoing clinical trials and research, . . . → Read More: About Parkinson’s Disease: Treatment Options National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Contains a good detailed discussion of the treatments of parkinson’s disease, including the several different medications, surgery, and complementary and . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease: Hope Through Research Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Discussion of the several medications used in the treatment of parkinson’s disease – including both prescription medications and over the counter medications. Includes charts showing for each listed medication, the available doses, initial dosing, side effects, . . . → Read More: Medications National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health. Detailed description of a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of disabling neurological symptoms—most commonly the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), such as tremor, rigidity, stiffness, . . . → Read More: NINDS Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease Information Page WeMove.org. Summary of nonpharmacologic treatments used to treat symptoms of parkinson’s disease, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, PD-specific voice training programs and training in swallowing, a good diet and bowel regimen to reduce constipation, and others. >>View . . . → Read More: Nonpharmacologic Treatments National Parkinson Foundation. Discussion of alternative therapies sometimes used, in combination with medications or surgery, the traditional treatments. Alternatives sometimes tried include diet, antioxidants, Ayurveda (an Indian healing practice), yoga, Tai Chi, acupuncture, herbal medicine, message therapy, and others. . . . → Read More: Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Parkinson Disease Cleveland Clinic. There is yet no cure for parkinson’s disease, but the symptoms can be managed, and usually are managed primarily through medications. This discussion provides an overview of treatment options, including a list of the health care professionals . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease Treatment MayoClinic.com. Overview of parkinson’s disease, including its symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical help, tests and diagnosis, and complications, and including a good overall discussion of treatment options for parkinson’s symptoms. These include medications, physical therapy, surgery, . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease National Parkinson Foundation. A 48 page booklet, providing useful advice and tips on how to handle activities of daily living in a way to allow the parkinson’s patient to remain as independent as possible for as long as possible. . . . → Read More: Activities of Daily Living; Practical Pointers for Parkinson’s Disease American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. 36 page booklet providing information on the principles of good nutrition for patients with parkinson’s disease. >>View Info Parkinson’s Disease Foundation website. Discusses the most important points about proper diet and parkinson’s, including: eat a balanced diet, maintain bone health, maintain bowel regularity, balance medications and food, and adjust nutritional priorities for your situation and stage of . . . → Read More: Nutrition and Parkinson’s; What Matters Most? 48 page booklet by the American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. >>View Info 40 page booklet by the American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. Suggestions for useful equipment for the home and for getting in and out of cars. >>View Info Speaking Effectively; A Strategic Guide for Speaking and Swallowing for Parkinson’s Disease Patients40 page booklet by the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, Inc. Provides information on the speech, voice and swallowing function related to parkinson’s disease, along with strategies and tools to communicate and swallow effectively and to cope with the speech . . . → Read More: Speaking Effectively; A Strategic Guide for Speaking and Swallowing for Parkinson’s Disease Patients Parkinson’s Disease foundation, Inc. Website with links to additional information on how to cope with Parkinson’s, starting upon diagnosis. Strategies include managing nutrition and medications, participating in daily activities that benefit the symptoms, getting involved in advocacy, clinical trials, . . . → Read More: Living with Parkinson’s; Strategies for Living Well by The Dan Aaron Parkinson’s Rehab Center, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 48 page booklet covering the foundation for fitness, putting it all together, balance, falls and posture, helpful therapies, care partner assisted . . . → Read More: Living with Parkinson’s: Fitness Counts The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Advice from patients who are actually living with parkinson’s disease (PD), on such topics as questions you and your doctor may not have discussed, the emotional aspects of a PD diagnosis: . . . → Read More: Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Website of the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Describes the four primary motor symptoms of parkinson’s disease: • resting tremor, • bradykinesia (slow movement), • rigidity, and • impaired balance and coordination. Also provides information on the several secondary motor symptoms . . . → Read More: Understanding Parkinson’s: Symptoms WeMove.org, Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders. Website provides information on parkinson’s disease, including its diagnosis. Diagnosis is made by a physician and technically depends on the presence of at least two of the three major signs: tremor . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease: Diagnosis HealthCommunities.com, Neurology Channel. Provides information on the signs and symptoms and diagnosis of parkinson’s disease, with links to other information on this disease. >>View Info Movement Disorder Virtual University. Detailed listing of symptoms of parkinson’s disease, grouped by categories as motor, sensory, cognitive, or autonomic, together with links to extensive medical information on parkinson’s written for medical professionals. >>View Info National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Contains a good detailed discussion of the symptoms of parkinson’s disease and how parkinson’s disease is diagnosed. >> View . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease: Hope Through Research Johns Hopkins Medicine, Health Information Library. Overall discussion of parkinson’s disease, including its symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, when to call your doctor, and prognosis. >>View Info Movement Disorders Program, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. Abstract of a scientific study finding sleep disorders common in two thirds of parkinson’s patients, and reporting that dopamine plays an important role in maintaining wakefulness. This . . . → Read More: Sleep disorders associated with Parkinson’s disease: role of dopamine, epidemiology, and clinical scales of assessment ScienceDaily, January 9, 2008. Doctors know that an impaired sense of smell is an early indicator of Parkinson’s Disease. This article reports on a study underway to determine whether a smell test can determine early if people with no . . . → Read More: Can A Smell Test Predict Parkinson’s Disease? FamilyDoctor.org. Introduction to Parkinson’s disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments, and links to organizations providing more information and resources. >> View Info MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, provides a good place to start for an overview and links to further information on Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s Disease (also sometimes called Shaking . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease MayoClinic.com. Overview of parkinson’s disease, including its definitions, causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatments, including medications, physical therapy, and surgery, lifestyle and home remedies (including healthy eating, walking with care, avoiding falls, and dressing), coping and support, and . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Introductory tutorial on Parkinson’s Disease, what it is, and its symptoms and treatments. >> View Info National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Website with detailed explanations of the medical causes, risks, symptoms, other resembling diseases, diagnosis, prediction or prevention, and treatments of . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease: Hope Through Research a tutorial on parkinson’s disease by the National Institutes of Health, Senior Health. Defines parkinson’s disease, which affect primarily those over age 60, and discusses the causes of parkinson’s disease, it’s symptoms and diagnosis, research and treatments, and frequently . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease — NIH Senior Health Helpguide.org. Provides an overview of Parkinson’s Disease, a progressive disorder of the central nervous system that affects more than 1.5 million people in the United States, and is most common in people over 60. Includes a good summary of . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. 23 page booklet, providing medical information on the brain and basics, what goes wrong in parkinson’s disease, how parkinson’s disease can . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease: Challenges, Progress & Promise by The American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. 40 page handbook for parkinson’s disease patients and their families. Includes fairly comprehensive discussions and information on signs and symptoms, cause and etiology, and treatments of parkinson’s disease, as well as social . . . → Read More: Parkinson’s Disease Handbook WeMove.org. Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders. Website provides comprehensive information on parkinson’s disease for patients and caregivers. >>View Info Science Daily. A study published in the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology found that depressed people are three times more likely to contract parkinson’s disease than people who are not depressed. It had long been known . . . → Read More: Depressed People More Likely To Develop Parkinson’s Cleveland Clinic website. Provides an overview of parkinson’s disease, and links to further information on its symptoms, incidence, treatment, medications, counseling, coping advice, including how to prepare your home, cope with constipation, mental disturbance and depression associated with parkinson’s, . . . → Read More: Parkinsons Disease: An Overview by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Useful summary of important medical information: doctor’s contact information, blood pressure medications, history of blood pressure readings, and special instructions, . . . → Read More: Blood Pressure Wallet Card >> View Forum Healia Health Guide: Weight Management. These tips will be relevant to caregivers of elderly loved ones with high blood pressure, as one of the most important steps required to control hypertension is to lose excess weight and maintain a . . . → Read More: Tips for Caregivers of People who Need to Control Their Weight Johns Hopkins Medical, Health Alerts. Contains helpful information for the hypertension patient required to remain on a low salt diet. This will be useful for the family caregiver of an elderly loved one with high blood pressure ordered to . . . → Read More: Hypertension and Stroke Special Report: Thriving on a Low-Salt Diet Website of the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, aimed at detection, prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, with special focus on issues for women. Includes links . . . → Read More: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Health Information. 2 page brochure with basic, general information about some types of high blood pressure medication and their uses. >> View Info Website of the American Heart Association. Lists and provides medical information on many different blood pressure medications. >> View Info American Heart Association Website. >> View Info 10 page booklet by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women’s Health. Lists questions to ask your doctor, along with information on all of the FDA Approved medications for the treatment of high blood pressure (as of . . . → Read More: High Blood Pressure; Medicines to Help You by Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, Virtual Mentor, Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association, July 2003, Volume 5, Number 7. Guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. >> View Info Consumer Reports: Best Buy Drugs. 20 page paper discussing Consumer Reports’ selection of five ACE Inhibitor type blood pressure medications as “best buy drugs” based on evidence of their effectiveness, safety, dosing convenience, and cost. >> View . . . → Read More: Treating High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease: The ACE Inhibitors Comparing Effectiveness, Safety, and Price Consumer Reports: Best Buy Drugs. 18 page paper discussing Consumer Reports’ selection of seven Beta-Blocker type blood pressure medications as “best buy drugs” based on evidence of their effectiveness, safety, dosing convenience, and cost. >> View Info Consumer Reports: Best Buy Drugs. 22 page paper discussing Consumer Reports’ selection of four Calcium Channel Blocker type blood pressure medications as “best buy drugs” based on evidence of their effectiveness, safety, dosing convenience, and cost. >> View . . . → Read More: Treating High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease: The Calcium Channel Blockers Comparing Effectiveness, Safety, and Price 8 page brochure by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >> View Info pamphlet by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute. Lists 8 things you can do to prevent and control high blood pressure. >> View . . . → Read More: Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible; What every midlife and older American should know 20 page booklet by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Explains in some detail the risk factors and consequences of high blood pressure and how to lower . . . → Read More: Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for high blood pressure in adults. Links to summary of recommendations and supporting documents. >>View Info HealthDayNews article published on Healthfinder.gov, a service of the National Institutes of Health. Recommendations for home monitoring of blood pressure by three major health organizations have been published in a Journal of the AMA. >>View Info ZDNet Health Care, September 22, 2008. Studies show that Grandma was right when she told you to eat less salt and take Vitamin C to keep your blood pressure down. >>View Info Aim for a Healthy Weight, A 48 page booklet by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Overweight increases your risks to the following disease: ■ High blood . . . → Read More: Aim for a Healthy Weight Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute. Lists 9 strategies you can take to prevent high blood pressure. >>View Info by Mike Jennings. >> View Info BusinessWeek, September 17, 2008. A study of seniors found that regularly listening to relaxation tapes or tapes of Mozart music in fact lowered blood pressure. >>View Info National High Blood Pressure Education Program, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Includes list of moderate physical exercises, 5 tips to help you stick with your physical activity . . . → Read More: Move to Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible; Easy Ways to Lower Your Risk Through Physical Activity by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Explains how high blood pressure can be prevented— and lowered—by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan, . . . → Read More: In Brief: Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH: the DASH Eating Plan National High Blood Pressure Education Program, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Statistics show that African Americans are more likely to develop high blood pressure than any other . . . → Read More: Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible; What Every African American Should Know brochure in both Spanish and English by the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Explains the potential consequences of high blood pressure and what you can do to . . . → Read More: ¡Póngase en acción— prevenga la alta presión! (Take Steps— Prevent High Blood Pressure!) National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH. High blood pressure usually presents no symptoms, other than, rarely, head aches. >>View Info Website of the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Explains how high blood pressure is tested and diagnosed, and how you can test your blood pressure on your own. >>View Info Mayoclinic.com. >>View Info MayoClinic.com. >>View Info Lab Tests Online. Information on the lab test frequently ordered to determine potential underlying causes of hypertension. >>View Info American Thoracic Society Patient Information Series. Pamphlet explaining this method of taking repeat blood pressure readings more accurately than a blood pressure cuff and also taking repeat blood tests. Used in hospitals. >>View Info by Familydoctor.org. How to monitor blood pressure at home, and why it is important to do so. >>View Info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. >> View Info Website of the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Provides medical information on the nature, causes and effects of high blood pressure, as well as its incidence, who is at risk, signs and symptoms, diagnosis . . . → Read More: High Blood Pressure: What is it? MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Good overview and links to information about high blood pressure, its nature, causes, effects, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. >>View Info In Brief: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep, A four page guide by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. A shorter version of the longer booklet entitled “Your . . . → Read More: In Brief: Your Guide to Healthy Sleep Aging in The Know, by American Geriatric Society’s Foundation for Health in Aging. Explains that over half of people over age 65 have high blood pressure (also called hypertension). High blood pressure can increase risks of heart attack and . . . → Read More: High Blood Pressure U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Office of Women’s Health. >>View Info National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. Basic information on high blood pressure, the risks of which increase with aging, how to measure it and steps to prevent and control it. >>View Info Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Website of the CDC containing medical information on high blood pressure and blood pressure generally, as well as facts and statistics, . . . → Read More: High Blood Pressure Home Page Interactive Tool by Harvard Consumer Health Content. Helps you test and expand your basic knowledge of high blood pressure. >>View Info a multimedia tutorial on hypertension (high blood pressure) by MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. >>View Info a Tutorial by the National Institutes of Health about high blood pressure in seniors. Includes discussions of medical aspects, warning signs and risk factors, prevention and diagnosis, treatment and research, frequently asked questions, and links to further resources. >>View . . . → Read More: Senior Health: High Blood Pressure Cholesterol Quiz – Harvard Consumer Health Content. Interactive tool to learn how to prevent coronary artery disease, America’s No. 1 killer, and understand what your cholesterol numbers mean. 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