Celebrate American Heart Month With Us

February is American Heart Month. It serves as an annual reminder to think about the ways we can take better care of our heart. While we can't celebrate in person, we compiled a list of some of our favorite resources, including a few webinars, helpful articles and even a page your child can color. 

Test your knowledge

• Take our heart disease and heart attack quiz

Learn CPR

• Learn CPR: Fast action can save a life

Watch our webinars

• Heart health and sleep – what’s the connection? Did you know that sleep can affect your heart health? Many sleep disorders can have a direct effect on your heart. Understanding the risk factors for sleep disorders can decrease your overall risk of heart disease. Knowing the symptoms can also help you discuss the issue with your health care provider to find the right treatment option for you. Sign up here to view.
   
• Reducing stress for heart health: Are you feeling frustrated, anxious or tense? In this recorded webinar, a Nebraska Medicine heart specialist discusses the risk factors of heart disease, how stress impacts your heart and how to reduce stress. Sign up here to view. 

Past webinars

• Atrial Fibrillation: understanding the mechanisms and treatment options (Dr. Naksuk) 
• Heart failure and women (Dr. Dunbar) 
• Coronary Artery Disease in women and stress testing (Dr. Goyal) 

Maintain a heart healthy diet

• Diabetes increases risk for heart disease
• Food choices can help lower your cholesterol
• 9 healthy recipes from our hearts to your belly
• Is diet soda bad for you? How sugary drinks affect your heart
• 7 tips to lower your blood pressure naturally
• DASH diet: How to lower your blood pressure with heart-healthy eating
• 'Stars aligned' for fire captain who survived massive heart attack

It's never too soon to talk about prevention

• 7 healthy habits to reduce your cholesterol
• 7 tips to reduce your risk for heart disease
• Heart health through the decades 
• How genetics play a role in heart health
• What your teeth say about your heart health
• 17 risk factors for heart disease in women - and what you can do
• How to choose an at-home heart rate monitor

Signs of heart problems

• How you can fight high blood pressure
• Serious as a heart attack
• Heart attack vs. cardiac arrest: what's the difference? 
• Ladies, know your heart attack symptoms and take action
• Is broken heart syndrome real? Stress cardiomyopathy causes and symptoms
• Panic attacks vs. heart attacks: what's the difference?
• Atrial fibrillation causes, symptoms and treatment options

The latest advancements in heart care

• Historic procedure restarts a stopped heart 
• Heart and vascular team offers most advanced technology in the state 
• New thoracic branch graft procedure improves outcomes for patients with aortic tears

How COVID-19 affects the heart

• Long COVID and POTS: 7 questions about the condition, including if it can go away on its own
• Can COVID-19 cause high blood pressure? Plus 5 more hypertension questions
• How (and when) to start exercising again after COVID-19
• How blood type affects COVID-19
• KETV: COVID-19 almost sidelined Nebraska volleyball recruit and state champion 
• KETV: Cardiologists busy seeing people with heart problems because of COVID-19