A collection of health and environmental posts from other governmental blogs.

Five tips towards a delicious heart healthy recipe

You don't have to purchase new cookbooks to create delicious, heart healthy recipes your whole family will love. There are plenty of low-fat, low-calorie options for making your comforting family favorites more heart healthy right now. Just one or more changes can make a huge difference. - From Flourish, Palmetto Health's blog

Five important numbers to know for heart health

Learning these five heart health numbers can help you improve and maintain your heart health. Once you know your numbers, you can talk with your doctor about how to best manage and lower your risks for heart disease. - From Flourish

World Hearing Day: March 3rd. Hear the future - and prepare for it.

Repeated exposure to loud noise over the years can cause hearing loss. There is no cure for hearing loss! Protect your hearing by avoiding loud noise such as concerts and sporting events. Use earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones to protect your ears. If you already have hearing loss, take steps to keep it from getting worse. - From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Your Health - Your Environment blog

Lowering Your Cancer Risk: A Matter of Ups and Downs Think of listening to your favorite song. No matter what kind of music it is, someone was behind the scenes making it sound great: bringing out certain parts or instruments, balancing it, getting rid of background noise. Cutting your cancer risk is a little bit like making great music. - From the CDC's The Topic Is Cancer blog

Soil Health Practices for Mitigating Natural Disasters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports that more than 25 million Americans - almost 8 percent of the population - were affected by major disasters in 2017. From severe flooding in Puerto Rico and Texas to mudslides and wildfires in California, major natural disasters in 2017 cost over $306 billion nationally. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information, this is a new annual record. - From the US Department of Agriculture blog