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About The Heart Truth®

A national health education program that raises awareness about heart disease and encourages people to live a heart-healthy lifestyle.
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Delicious Heart-Healthy Recipe Videos & More

You don’t have to choose between favor or nutrition with this heart-healthy take on spaghetti and meatballs. Find this recipe and more!
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Warning signs of a heart attack

Learn heart attack warning signs and how to take action if you are experiencing symptoms.
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Healthy Hearts Network

The Heart Truth Healthy Hearts Network is a network of organizations around the country committed to promoting and raising awareness about heart health.
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Community Subcontract Program

The Heart Truth Community Subcontract Program supports organizations in executing projects that will reduce the burden of heart disease and encourage healthy behavior change to improve heart health.
Community Subcontract Program
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Heart Health and Pregnancy

During pregnancy, your heart is working harder than usual to pump blood to you and your baby. Sometimes, the extra stress exposes risks to your heart health that were there before you got pregnant. Learn more about your heart health and pregnancy.
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Take action together toward better heart health

Learn how you can live a heart-healthy lifestyle with the help of those closest to you.
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Check Out DASH Eating Plan Resources

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan is flexible and scientifically proven to lower blood pressure as fast as two weeks. We have new resources to guide you—wherever you are on your health journey. Get started!
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Learn About Heart Attack Symptoms

Learn the warning signs of a heart attack and how to take action if you are experiencing symptoms.
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Get Involved in American Heart Month

February is American Heart Month. Join us in raising awareness about how Americans can prevent heart disease.
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Celebrate Heart Health on National Wear Red Day

Join NHLBI, The Heart Truth, and organizations around the country on National Wear Red Day, celebrated each year on the first Friday in February, to bring greater attention to heart disease awareness as the leading cause of death for Americans. Use the poster, stickers, and social media resources below to promote Wear Red Day in your community.
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Is Your Heart Health Activity on the #OurHearts Map?

Our Hearts is an initiative to get people across the country to engage in heart-healthy lifestyles together--with their friends, family, coworkers, and others in their community. Use #OurHearts in your Instagram and Twitter posts to join others across the nation who are committed to being heart-healthy together.

Get in Touch

Contact us with questions or to order resources on The Heart Truth. You can also stay up to date on the latest news, events, and information from the NHLBI with our email alerts.
Phone
1-877-NHLBI4U (1-877-645-2448)

For access to free Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 7-1-1 on your telephone.

Postal Mail

NHLBI Center for Health Information
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
United States