You'd be hard-pressed to find a more fitting month than February for American Heart Month. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, you've probably noticed the copious paper hearts and heart-shaped things that are filling shops and storefront windows. But American Heart Month isn't about the sweet and gooey confections that in no way resemble an actual human heart.

American Heart Month is about promoting the importance of heart health and increasing awareness to reduce the number of heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular health complications that occur in the United States.