Today is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, highlighting heart valve disease's specific risks and symptoms, improving detection and treatment, and ultimately saving lives. While heart valve disease can be disabling and deadly, available treatments can save lives, making education and awareness important. On this day and throughout the year, the campaign partners—100+ non-profits, advocacy organizations, professional societies, foundations, hospitals, and heart centers—are helping to spread the word about valve disease.

Did you know that people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer? One reason, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is that we’re more successful at meeting our health goals when we work on them with others. NHLBI launched the #OurHearts movement to inspire us to protect and strengthen our hearts with the support of others. 

Created by the World Heart Federation, World Heart Day informs people around the globe that CVD, including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of death claiming 18.6 million lives each year, and highlights the actions that individuals can take to prevent and control CVD.

Every year countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

For many of us, riding a bicycle without training wheels is the first challenging physical activity we ever learn to master. We all remember, don’t we? A running start.

Held annually on the last Wednesday in May, the National Senior Health and Fitness Day is a nationwide health and fitness event held for older adults. There are multiple ways to get active, including with participating organizations or making your own fun to celebrate National Senior Health and Fitness Day!

American Stroke Month was created to promote public awareness and reduce the incidence of stroke in the United States. This year's call is to be #RelentlessTogether. When it comes to stroke, time lost is brain loss - awareness of its symptoms is imperative to quick action and can save lives.