National Institutes of Health
Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
Curated OER
Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Heart Health: How Does Heart Rate Change With Exercise?
Your heart starts beating before you are born and keeps right on going through your whole life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your heart healthy means eating right, not smoking, and...
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: American Heart Association Homepage
Learn basic information about heart health and what heart disease is. Also, read about various heart conditions, treatments and risk factors, and lifestyle changes which support heart health. The site can be translated into several...
Curated OER
Kids Health: All About the Heart
Kids Health features this diagrammatically color-illustrated article about the human heart.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Be the Beat!
The American Heart Association wants to help create a new generation of life savers - teens who know how to perform CPR and use AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) to save lives. Be The Beat! teaches teens about heart health and...
Other
Health Talk Online: Heart Failure
What is heart failure? What is the difference between a heart attack and heart failure? What role does stress in heart failure? These questions are answered by a doctor or a number of people who have actually experienced heart failure.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Human Heart
Take an interactive tour of the human heart. Click on each part of the illustration to read more information about each structure.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Heart and Cardiovascular System
Overview of the cardiovascular system with labeled diagrams and reviews of the heart, torso, arm, leg, and blood, available through the links on the right.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Physical Activity: Get Moving!
Learn about the health benefits of exercise. Content includes helpful tips on how to incorporate activity into your daily life and a link to the association's guidelines for improving heart health through fitness.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Pacemaker
Article on arrhythmias with information about the heart's pacemaker.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Conditions: Arrhythmia
A detailed guide about heart arrhythmia and its eight specific types. Content includes information about the symptoms of the condition, a discussion of when treatment might be necessary, and descriptions of treatments.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Smoking & Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)
Learn the risks of smoking and how it causes cardiovascular disease. The article includes the risks and health effects of smoking, information on secondhand smoke, and resources and tools for kicking the habit.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System
With this resource, visitors can learn how the heart works and about the parts of the heart, the circulation of blood and heart health. The resource is also available in Spanish. Includes audio.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cardiovascular System Health
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There are many risk factors that can cause a person to develop cardiovascular disease. A risk factor is anything that is linked to an increased chance of developing...
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic:target Heart Rate Calculator
Check your target heart rate for safe and effective exercise according to your age and health status in this interactive heart rate calculator
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Health Technologies
Learners investigate health technologies in the 20th century. Some topics examined are the heart, bionics, and bioengineering. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
Other
Med Help: The World's Largest Health Community
Med Help is designed to help "patients find the highest quality medical information in the world today." It includes an eNewsletter, news from The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center and ABC TV, and a list of articles which can be searched by...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Saving a Life: Heart Valve Replacement
Students use their knowledge about how healthy heart valves function to design, construct and implant prototype replacement mitral valves for hypothetical patients' hearts. Building on what they learned in the associated lesson about...
Curated OER
Kids Health: How the Body Works
A colorful, interactive site for kids and teens. A holistic approach to learning about your body, including topics such as feelings, drugs, injuries, and other health issues. Available in Spanish.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Indigestion
Heart burn, indigestion, tummy aches are all things that kids can experience. Read some reasons for getting indigestion, and some ways to avoid tummy turmoil.
National Institutes of Health
Nhlbi: Heart Health and Prevention of Heart Disease [Pdf]
A downloadable PDF comic booklet with information on how to prevent heart disease and promote healthy hearts.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Thorough overview of hypertension. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Heart Attack
This resource presents brief information defining a heart attack. The article also contains many links to related topics and publications in English and Spanish.