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American Heart Month

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Heart Health

February is American Heart Month!

With a healthy heart, you can do more of what you love — but it’s not always easy to break old habits or make healthy changes. The “Heart-Healthy Steps” campaign encourages adults to get on track with small steps—like scheduling their medical appointments, getting active, and eating healthy—so that they can improve their heart health. 
 
National Wear Red Day® is on Friday, February 7th. Wear red and encourage others to join you! This year, we invite Bobcat employees to submit group photos for a campus collage.
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The Hello Heart program, offered by BCBSTX, focuses exclusively on cardiovascular health, aiming to prevent or decrease the development or advancement of heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions.

The program is available at no additional cost to eligible participants. It includes a free Hello Heart blood pressure monitor that pairs directly with your smartphone to help build a habit of monitoring your blood pressure and other aspects of your heart health and create sustained lifestyle changes.

Learn more about eligibility and enrollment on the HealthSelect of Texas website.

What are Heart Healthy Steps?

Learn more this month about how to take steps for better heart health. Start small, live big!

  • Manage your risk factors. Keep your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar in a healthy range to help prevent heart disease and stroke.
  • Work with healthcare professionals. Build a healthcare team you can trust to help take care of your heart.
  • Eat healthy. Create healthy eating habits that work for you. Even small changes to your diet can make a big difference to your heart health.
  • Get active. Take small steps toward being more active to get big health benefits over time.
  • Lower stress. Find healthy ways to manage stress to lower your risk of health problems and help you feel your best.
  • Quit smoking. Quitting smoking isn’t easy — but it’s worth the effort. It’s never too late to quit and enjoy the health benefits of a smoke-free life.
     

National Wear Red Day® Photo & Walk

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National Wear Red Day

February 7, 2025

The first Friday in February is National Wear Red Day®! Join your fellow Bobcats by wearing red to raise awareness about heart disease, which is a leading cause of death in the United States.

This year, we encourage Bobcat employees to submit their group photos in red for inclusion in a campus Wear Red Day photo collage!

Photos can be emailed to wellcats@txstate.edu or submitted using the form below.