{"id":2046,"date":"2012-02-14T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2012-02-14T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:30:27","slug":"february-is-american-heart-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=2046","title":{"rendered":"February is American Heart Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Whether you celebrate today&#8217;s holiday or not, you have a good reason to wear red: it&#8217;s <a title=\"American Heart Month Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/features\/heartmonth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Heart Month<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2,200 deaths per day (<a title=\"CDC Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/dhdsp\/american_heart_month.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Disease Control<\/a>). And more women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined (<a title=\"American Heart Association Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heart.org\/HEARTORG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Heart Association<\/a>).<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/91371324.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2051\" title=\"Heart Health\" alt=\"Stethoscope and heart\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/91371324.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/91371324.jpg?w=506&amp;ssl=1 506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/91371324.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The goal of American Heart Month is to make people aware of heart disease and stroke, and to offer ways people can reduce their risk. Here are some prevention steps you can take:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get up and get active by being physically active for at least 30 minutes on most days of the week.<\/li>\n<li>Know your <strong>ABCS<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Ask your doctor if you should take an <strong>Aspirin<\/strong> every day.<\/li>\n<li>Find out if you have high <strong>Blood<\/strong> pressure or <strong>Cholesterol<\/strong>, and if you do, get effective treatment.<\/li>\n<li>If you <strong>Smoke<\/strong>, <a title=\"Health4U  U Can Quit Information\" href=\"http:\/\/health4u.msu.edu\/services\/ucanquit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get help to quit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make your calories count by eating a heart-healthy diet high in fresh fruits and vegetables and low in sodium and trans fat.<\/li>\n<li>Take control of your heart health by following your doctor\u2019s prescription instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Useful Links:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Heart Health 2010 Healthy Email\" href=\"https:\/\/healthyemail.msu.edu\/Archives\/Heart%20health%202010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heart Health 2010 &#8211; Healthy Email Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Healthwise Heart Problems Learning Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthwise.net\/health4u\/Content\/StdDocument.aspx?DOCHWID=center1022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heart Problems Learning Center &#8211; Healthwise<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Go Red For Women Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goredforwomen.org\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Red For Women<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Whether you celebrate today&#8217;s holiday or not, you have a good reason to wear red: it&#8217;s American Heart Month! Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=2046\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> February is American Heart Month!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-x0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}