Because February is American Heart Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched Million Hearts. This education and prevention program seeks to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years in the United States. By making better choices about our eating, exercise, and other health habits, we can battle the epidemic of heart disease in the U.S.
Love Your Heart, courtesy of the CDC
The CDC urges smokers to Love Your Heart by giving up smoking, a leading contributor to heart disease. You can even email a “Love Your Heart” greeting to someone you care about who smokes.
The Government Documents Collection at Odum Library offers many resources about heart disease and health, including this report on the Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act, available here as an online PDF, in print, and on microfiche.
If you’re looking for a unique present for someone this month, nothing says “you’re on my mind” like a President Abraham Lincoln bobblehead, available from the Library of Congress gift shop.
Bobblehead of President Abraham Lincoln, courtesy the Library of Congress
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