CARDIOVASCULAR WELLNESS- VIDEOS

CHOLESTEROL

• Cholesterol- Know Your Numbers: Describes what your current cholesterol numbers mean and what goal you should aim for.
• Cholesterol-Lowering Medicines: Even if you take cholesterol-lowering medicine, it is important to keep up with your lifestyle changes. Eating a healthy diet and being physically active can make your medicine more effective. 
• Cholesterol Overview: Understanding and treating high cholesterol.
• Do I Have High Cholesterol?: Testing for and diagnosing high cholesterol.
• Lifestyle Changes for High Cholesterol: Controlling cholesterol through smart living- eating better food, exercising frequently, and taking care of your body.
• Living with High Cholesterol: How a 74-year-old man successfully manages his cholesterol by working closely with his doctor.
• Lowering Cholesterol: A cholesterol-friendly lifestyle includes a diet with high fiber and low levels of unhealthy fats, increased exercise, and smoking cessation.
• What Does High Cholesterol Do?: How good and bad cholesterol affects your body.

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EXERCISE AND WEIGHT LOSS

• Consequences of Obesity: Obesity leads to increased risk of coronary heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and other serious health problems.
• Exercise- Controlling Hypertension Through Exercise: How regular, frequent exercise can help you control your high blood presure.
• Exercise- Treating Obesity Through Exercise: How exercise can contribute significantly to weight loss for heart health.
• Exercise and Fat: A recent study shows that 80 minutes a week can help reduce visceral fat, fat around the abdomen linked to heart disease and other health risks.
• Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight: American Dietetic Association tips for healthy eating and weight loss. (To view video, please click on "Healthy Eating for Healthy Weight" on menu to right of web page.)
• Overcoming Obesity: The 4 keys to overcoming obesity- physical activity, diet, behavior changes, and medications.
• Ten Tips for Health Restaurant Dining: How to enjoy eating out while watching your waistline.
• Watch Your Weight: How to combine exercise and health eating to keep your weight at a healthy level.

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FOOD AND NUTRITION

• Eating for Health: How to change your diet to maximize health benefits, such as controlling cholesterol and high blood pressure. (To view video, please click on "Eating for Health." )
• Finding a Balance: Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is about finding a balance through healthy eating and physical activity.
• Grocery Store Strategies: Helpful tips for healthy shopping.
• Healthy Breakfast Tip 2: Recipe ideas for breakfast foods that include high fiber, whole grains, protein, and other essential nutrients for a healthy start to the day. (To view video, please click on "Healthy Breakfast Tip 2.")
• Healthy Cooking Fundamentals: Discover the basics of cooking healthy meals.
• Healthy Eating: Each month watch a new video demonstrating techniques for cooking healthy and delicious foods. For example, how to use herbs, spices, and seasonings instead of salt.
• Nutrition Fundamentals: Nutrition basics you should know about eating healthy amounts and types of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and vitamins.

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HEART HEALTH AND BLOOD PRESSURE

• Blood Pressure Medications: There are many different medications to help control blood pressure.
• Consequences of High Blood Pressure: Learn why high blood pressure is called the "silent killer."
• Coronary Artery Disease Overview: Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Find out what symptoms to watch for, and how to prevent coronary artery disease from developing.
• Heart Attack- Get Help Fast: Find out what symptoms may signal a heart attack, and how some of these symptoms may differ in women. Prompt treatment can be lifesaving.
• High Blood Pressure- The Silent Killer: Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, or kidney failure. Find out how to control high blood pressure.
• Maintain a Heart Healthy Lifestyle: Lifestyle changes you can make to lower your risk of having a heart attack. (To view video, please click on "Maintain a Heart Healthy Lifestyle.")
• Monitor Your Blood Pressure at Home: How to take your blood pressure at home to help your doctor monitor your blood pressure levels.
• Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack: If you have heart disease, monitor your health closely for danger signs such as fluid retention, difficulty breathing, extreme tiredness, and dizziness.
• Treatments for a Heart Attack: It is crucial to get medical help immediately to start lifesaving treatments ranging from medications to surgical procedures.
• What is High Blood Pressure?: One in four Americans has high blood pressure, but often it has no obvious symptoms. Learn why it is important to track blood pressure levels.

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MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH

• Anxiety Overview: Five types of anxiety disorders- their symptoms, how they are diagnosed, and how they can be treated.
• How Your Brain Handles Stress: Chronic stress can lead to loss of memory, increased anxiety, and signs of depression. Stress can speed up aging and get you more prone to disease.
• Press Away Stress: Stressed out? Relief may be at your fingertips.
• Seven Simple Ways to Reduce Stress: Stress is a part of life. These tips can help bring some relief.
• Stress: Stress affects everybody. Learn how does stress works and how you can prevent and/or minimize effects of stress.
• Tips for Reducing Stress: Worrying can increase your risks of cancer, heart attack, and stroke. Learn ways to reduce stress. (Please note, video is available upper right of web page.)
• Top Ten Stress Busters: Learn about how stress works and how it does not have to be an inevitable part of your life.

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METABOLIC AND RENAL

• Diabetes Overview: How diabetes occurs and how to treat it.
• Know Your Diabetes ABC's: How to keep diabetes under control to avoid the complications of heart disease and stroke. (To view video, click on "Know Your Diabetes ABC'S.")
• Control Your Diabetes- It's Worth the Time (The Basics): Covers the causes of diabetes and the many serious health complications of the disease.
• Control Your Diabetes- It's Worth the Time (Diet & Exercise): How to eat a healthy diet and follow an exercise program to control diabetes.

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SLEEP HYGIENE

• Cardiovascular Complications of Sleep Apnea: A sleep medicine specialist discusses the cardiovascular complications of sleep apnea.
• Do I have a Sleep Disorder?: Recognizing symptoms of sleep disorders.
• Healthy Habits: Improving sleep with better lifestyle choices.
• Sleep Disorders Overview: Common sleep disorders- signs and treatments.

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SMOKING CESSATION

• Kick the Smoking Habit!: The harmful effects of smoking and tips to quit smoking.
• Medications that Help You Stop Smoking: How to use nicotine replacement therapy to help you quit the smoking habit.
• Treating Smoking as a Chronic Disease: Continued, active interventions could be the key to helping you quit smoking successfully.

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