Eat Healthy for Your Heart!

Cooking healthy meals at home is better for your heart health than getting takeout! Takeout food is often high in sodium, saturated fat, and sugar. We make small decisions that affect our health every day. What will you choose for a healthy heart? Put #YourHeartFirst — cook healthy meals at home. This video is by The Heart Truth® — a national program sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Small Steps for the Heart, #FromTheHeart: Know Your Numbers

Knowing your blood pressure numbers can help you better understand your risk for heart disease. Watch this video to learn how to stay on top of your blood pressure. This video is by The Heart Truth® — a program sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our goal is to raise awareness about heart disease in women — the risks, the causes, and the ways women can keep their hearts healthy.

Make an Appointment to Talk with Your Doctor About Heart Health!

Make a doctor’s appointment to talk about how to keep your heart healthy. Talk to your doctor your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose (sugar) numbers! We make small decisions that affect our health every day. What will you choose for a healthy heart? Put #YourHeartFirst — make an appointment with your doctor soon rather than later. This video is by The Heart Truth® — a national program sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

A Morning Walk Might Be Just What the Heart Needs!

Try to be active for 30 minutes a day to protect your heart health. If you can’t fit that in, do what you can! Even 5 minutes of physical activity has real health benefits. We make small decisions that affect our health every day. What will you choose for a healthy heart? Put #YourHeartFirst — try taking a quick morning walk! This video is by The Heart Truth® — a national program sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Podemos: juego de adivinanza. Desafía a tus hijos a comer más saludable.

¡Desafía a tus hijos a llevar una vida más sana comiendo alimentos saludables! Mira este video para ver cómo puedes alentar a tus hijos a tomar decisiones más saludables mediante actividades familiares, como este juego de adivinanza. Este es un video del Instituto Nacional del Corazón, los Pulmones y la Sangre (NHLBI, por sus siglas en inglés), que forma parte de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH).

Learn to Make a Heart-healthy Pasta Recipe

Eating healthy is important for heart health, and it can be delicious, too! Watch this video and learn how to make a heart-healthy pasta recipe that’s low in salt and packed with whole grains and vegetables. This video is by The Heart Truth® — a program sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program’s goal is to raise awareness about heart disease in women — the risks, the causes, and the ways women can keep their hearts healthy.

Dedication Ceremonies, National Library of Medicine (1961)

This film is a start-to-finish record of the dedication ceremonies for the new building of the National Library of Medicine that were held on December 14, 1961. Dr. Worth Daniels was the master of ceremonies. He introduced a clergyman who gave the invocation. Daniels then read a message from President John F. Kennedy and introduced a number of dignitaries in the audience and on the podium. This was followed by brief remarks by Frank B. Rogers, then NLM director, and by Abraham Ribicoff, then Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Dr. Donald Lindberg Swearing-In Ceremonies (NLM, 1984)

Filmed in the Lister Hill Center Auditorium at NLM, speakers introduce and address Dr. Donald Lindberg as the new director of the National Library of Medicine, the swearing-in ceremony takes place, and Dr. Lindberg gives a brief address to the audience about trends affecting NLM and about his own priorities. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101629547.

Anatomical Animation by Frank Armitage (1970)

Artist-animator-medical illustrator Frank Armitage combines footage from his professional medical animations with historical images to provide a lecture about the history of anatomical illustration, as well as the present-day (circa 1970) uses of anatomical animation in medical film. Why the film was made or where it was presented is unknown: no title or credits appear. Armitage had then recently worked on the set-design for the film Fantastic Voyage as well as on animation for surgical instruction films and Walt Disney studios.

An Interview with Kerry Kelly Novick, February 12, 2014 (NLM, 2014)

Interdisciplinary and Intergenerational Connections: Personal and Professional Reflections on Gene Kelly's 1945 Film "Combat Fatigue Irritability," an interview at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Interviewers: Jeffrey S. Reznick, Chief, History of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine; and Michael J. Sappol, Historian, History of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

NLM 175th Anniversary (National Library of Medicine, 2011)

Celebrates the 175th anniversary of the founding of the institution that would become the National Library of Medicine. Starting with the swearing-in of Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, then looking back, the video traces the development of the library from the days of Dr. John Shaw Billings in the late 1800s through the establishment of the National Center for Biotechnology Infomation in 1988 and beyond to its accomplishments through 2011.

National Library of Medicine (USPHS, 1963)

This film describes the history, the facilities, and the inner workings of the National Library of Medicine. It also shows part of the 1961 dedication ceremony for the original Bethesda building and of a Board of Regents meeting. Speakers include Dr. Worth B. Daniels and Senators Abraham Ribicoff and Lister Hill. Dr. Michael Debakey is seen in the audience during the ceremony. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8600194A.