This American Heart Month, consider checking on health factors beyond the heart, including blood sugar and kidney health

The American Heart Association’s® Go Red for Women® movement urges everyone to wear red on National Wear Red Day® on Friday, February 6, know your numbers, join Research Goes Red and celebrate survivors

The first clinical practice guideline on acute pulmonary embolism (PE) from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology introduces a new Acute Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Category system to define the severity of an acute pulmonary embolism and assist in developing a treatment strategy for adults with this condition.

Diabetes and kidney disease are major risk factors for heart disease, yet many cases are undiagnosed. In addition, a consumer survey done last fall suggests that most people don’t realize that their heart, kidney and metabolic health (how the body creates, uses and stores energy) are connected.

Pregnancy-related cardiovascular health, including how hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contribute to premature cardiovascular disease, how stopping statins prior to pregnancy affects maternal and infant outcomes, and the impact of smoking during pregnancy on blood pressure in children, is featured in a special Go Red for Women issue of Circulation focused on research in women’s cardiovascular health, for American Heart Month 2026.