Heart & blood circulation
This section contains interactive tools and games for diseases such as High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol.
In order to run some of the tools, you will need to have Flash installed on your computer. If you do not have this programme, you can download Flash here
Interactive Disease Tutorials are a unique way of understanding both your condition and the treatment options. The use of animations, text and a voice over really help to deliver information in an easy to understand and highly illustrative manner.
Atherosclerosis - the disease behind the numbers
Information video
Take a journey through the body to see the effect of atherosclerosis on the heart and arteries and understand the effects of good (HDL-C) and bad (LDL-C) cholesterol.
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High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
Interactive Tutorial
This course defines what high blood pressure is, how it is regulated, the risks and complications, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
View high blood pressure tutorial
High Cholesterol
Auntie Rosie explains
"Auntie Rosie" shares the news she just received from her doctor -she has high cholesterol. Here is what her doctor told her... 
Interactive Tutorial
This course explains what cholesterol is and what you can do, with and without medication, to lower your cholesterol. View cholesterol tutorial 
Disease Survey
Test your awareness of high cholesterol and help us to improve our information that we deliver you.Thank you for your time. Complete cholesterol survey
Please note that we are currently running a high cholesterol awareness survey to see how we can improve our information we deliver you. You will therefore receive a survey when you close this window, alternatively you can complete the survey here. Thank you for your time.
