Heart Education Resources

Learn About Your Heart

Did you know 475,000 lives are lost each year to cardiac arrest? During Heart Month let’s focus on decreasing that number to zero.

During Heart Month each February, we encourage you to read about the topics listed below to help lower your risk of heart disease.

5 Steps to Quit Smoking
Are There Health Benefits From Chocolate?
Is Drinking Alcohol Part of a Healthy Lifestyle?
Reducing Stress
Go Nuts! (But Just a Little)
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)
Saturated Fat
Lifestyle Changes for Heart Attack Prevention
Keeping a Healthy Body Weight
Family History and Heart Disease, Stroke
Help! I Want to Quit Smoking
Managing Diabetes is an Uphill Climb
Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt
Too Much Sitting Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes, Premature Death
Stress Management

Catawba Valley Health System strives to improve the health of our community through awareness, education, and prevention. We offer a variety of educational programs, screenings, and information through the Health First Center.

In addition, we offer some informational literature concerning Early Heart Attack Care and on the importance of acting quickly in case of a Stroke. For other information on the heart, heart disease, and related subjects visit the American Heart Association. We also encourage you to assess your heart disease risk by using the ACC/AHA ASCVD Risk Calculator and view our Community Health Assessment.