2/11/2021 0 Comments February is American Heart MonthWhy Do We Celebrate Heart Month in February?It's February – American Heart Month – a time when the nation spotlights heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Americans.
President Lyndon B. Johnson, issued the first proclamation in 1964 as one of the millions of people in the country who'd had a heart attack. Since then, U.S. presidents have annually declared February American Heart Month. Throughout February, the American Heart Association's "Heart to Heart: Why Losing One Woman Is Too Many" campaign is raising awareness about how 1 in 3 women are diagnosed with heart disease each year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, both men and women have delayed or avoided going to hospitals for heart attacks and strokes leading to poorer outcomes. This has prompted the AHA to create "Don't Die of Doubt," a national awareness campaign that reminds people that hospitals are the safest place to go when you have symptoms. Also during the COVID lockdowns, more people have engaged in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, such as eating poorly, drinking more alcohol and limiting physical activity, that can contribute to heart disease. Heart disease continues to be the greatest health threat to Americans and is still the leading cause of death worldwide. (AHA's Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2021 Update) https://www.heart.org/en/around-the-aha/february-is-american-heart-month
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