The mission if the American Heart Association is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. This site offers a wide variety of information about heart disease, stroke, warning signs, cholesterol and more to reduce the risk of disability and death from cardiovascular disease.

Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, offers information related to cholesterol education and has a link to the National Cholesterol Education Program.

The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system.