Join the American Heart Month Twitter #HeartChat
Join NHLBI, The Heart Truth and partners around the country for a Twitter chat on February 24th at 1pm ET and learn more about heart disease, risk factors, research, and how you can protect your heart. Join using #HeartChat.
February is American Heart Month
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. NHLBI funds and conducts important cardiovascular research to save lives. Learn how you can reduce your risk by making small changes to improve your heart health. Join us in raising awareness for heart disease throughout #HeartMonth.
Protect Your Health With A Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Did you know lifestyle changes such as heart-healthy eating, aiming for a healthy weight, managing stress, being physically active, and quitting smoking can help you prevent and control heart and other cardiovascular diseases? Explore our new English and Spanish Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Changes Health Topic for more information and tips to help you protect your health.
Charting the future together with the NHLBI Strategic Vision
The NHLBI Strategic Vision will shape scientific research priorities for the Institute and guide future funding strategies in heart, lung, blood and sleep research over the next decade. Check out the Vision here.