{"id":14945,"date":"2019-02-17T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=14945"},"modified":"2019-02-14T16:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:40:39","slug":"know-your-resources-heart-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2019\/02\/17\/know-your-resources-heart-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Resources: Heart Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14946\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14946\" class=\" wp-image-14946\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/heartattackCDC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic from the CDC showing the five major signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women and men.\" width=\"677\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/heartattackCDC-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/heartattackCDC-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/heartattackCDC.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five major signs and symptoms of heart attacks in women and men.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>February is American Heart Month, and you might have seen heart health information from all kinds of sources on social media.\u00a0 But once Heart Month has passed, where do you turn if you need to find information about keeping your heart healthy?\u00a0 Or learn what it means if your doctor orders an EKG? Or learn the signs and symptoms of a heart attack?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to find trusted resources that you can refer to or share with your friends, family and community. Below are great places to start when looking for heart health information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/heart-health-and-aging\">National Institute on Aging (NIA) Heart Health and Aging page<\/a> has resources and information to help you keep your heart healthy as you age. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/go4life.nia.nih.gov\/\">Go4Life for ways to incorporate physical activity and nutrition<\/a> throughout your life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you know that MedlinePlus has information on medical tests, what they measure and why a doctor might order them? Learn about why a doctor might order an <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/webeval\/webeval.html\">electrocardiogram (EKG)<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/lab-tests\/stress-tests\/\">stress test<\/a> and what they can tell us about how the heart is doing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s the difference between a <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ency\/article\/000195.htm\">heart attack<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ency\/article\/000158.htm\">heart failure<\/a>? MedlinePlus\u2019s medical encyclopedia can help explain complex health topics in everyday language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CDC can help you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/heartdisease\/index.htm\">learn about how common (the prevalence) heart disease is<\/a> in the US, your state or even in your community. The CDC also has educational materials for patients and health professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/about-us\/heart-attack-and-stroke-symptoms\">Learn the signs and symptoms of heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest<\/a> from the American Heart Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And remember when you\u2019re looking for health information online, start with trusted sources and continue to develop your critical thinking skills with the <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/webeval\/webeval.html\">MedlinePlus Evaluating Health Information Online Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is American Heart Month, and you might have seen heart health information from all kinds of sources on social media.\u00a0 But once Heart Month has passed, where do you turn if you need to find information about keeping your heart healthy?\u00a0 Or learn what it means if your doctor orders an EKG? Or learn&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2019\/02\/17\/know-your-resources-heart-health\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,10,14],"tags":[110,143,193],"class_list":["post-14945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-nlm_resources","category-public-health-review","tag-health-literacy","tag-medlineplus","tag-public-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14945"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14950,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14945\/revisions\/14950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}