Welcome to The Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit Online!

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    Welcome to the home page for the Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction  Unit! Take a look at What's New in our web.

    The Cardiovascular Risk Factor Reduction Unit (CRFRU) at the Royal University Hospital, and University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) provides a multi-disciplinary approach to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiovascular risk factors.

    The CRFRU, consisting of both a clinical and a research arm, funtions to conduct research in cardiovascular disease, and to reduce cardiovascular disease in individuals through the modification and reducion of risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesity, diabetes, and physical inactivity.

    The mandate of the CRFRU is to reduce cardiovascular disease through Primary and Secondary prevention stratagies that modify cardiovascular disease risk factors using pharmacological, and non-pharmacological therapy.

What's New

The following is a list of recent additions to our web. Whenever we publish a paper, write a specification, submit a status report, or add anything else to our web, we'll put a notice here. Every month we'll remove the oldest items. The most recent changes are listed first, and each item is linked to the page with the updated content.

February 14th, 1999

Welcome to CRFRU's online debut!  Check back frequently, as the site will be continually improved and expanded!
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Last updated: February 22, 1999.