Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, one in four deaths are caused by heart disease.

The good news? Heart disease can often be prevented when people make healthy choices and manage their health conditions.

So take the advice of these posters from the NLM Digital Collections and start loving your heart!

Dutch Heart Foundation

Health Dynamics Poster Program, Clement Communications, Inc.

National Center for Health, Demographic and Social Education, France

From the book Cardiac Catheterization published by Pritchett & Hull Associates

National Heart Foundation of Australia

National Heart Foundation of Australia

For more information about heart health, check out these resources from NLM’s MedlinePlus and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. To learn more about the Library’s role in matters of the heart, check out this 2018 blog post from NLM Director Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan.