# 4625 - 2012 First-Class Forever Stamp - Heart Health
U.S. #4625
2012 45¢ Heart Health
Issue Date: February 9, 2012
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 50,000,000
Printed By: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Color: Multicolored
Laughter really is good medicine. Blood flow increases for up to 45 minutes after a hardy chuckle, so watching a comedy is a fun way to improve heart health. Making small, simple lifestyle changes like this can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in American adults.
Physical activity strengthens the heart and cardiovascular system plus helps maintain a healthy weight. Walking is a form of exercise that is easy to do. Taking a walk through a park is a pleasant way to reduce stress while burning calories. Every hour of walking has been shown to increase life expectancy by two hours.
People who enjoy their exercise are more likely to stick with it. Some choose gardening or ballroom dancing, while others take a bike ride. Each activity leads to a healthier heart.
Eating a well-balanced diet can increase heart health by lowering cholesterol. Farmers’ markets offer fresh, locally grown produce that adds taste, color, and nutrition to a menu.
Planning for exercise and healthy eating is essential to success in fighting heart disease. Raising awareness of this disease and its prevention can lead to healthier hearts and longer lives.
Dr. Paul Dudley White
White developed an interest in medicine at an early age, when he accompanied his father, a family doctor, on house calls in his horse and buggy. Dudley went on to attend the Roxbury Latin School and Harvard College, before earning his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1911.
During this time, White interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-authored his first paper with Dr. Roger I. Lee on blood coagulation. Their work remains the standard used today to measure the speed of blood coagulation. Then in 1913, White was invited by Harvard to go on a traveling fellowship to London to study cardiovascular physiology with Thomas Lewis. The experience was extremely formative for White, who would then become one of America’s leading cardiologists.
U.S. #4625
2012 45¢ Heart Health
Issue Date: February 9, 2012
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 50,000,000
Printed By: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Color: Multicolored
Laughter really is good medicine. Blood flow increases for up to 45 minutes after a hardy chuckle, so watching a comedy is a fun way to improve heart health. Making small, simple lifestyle changes like this can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in American adults.
Physical activity strengthens the heart and cardiovascular system plus helps maintain a healthy weight. Walking is a form of exercise that is easy to do. Taking a walk through a park is a pleasant way to reduce stress while burning calories. Every hour of walking has been shown to increase life expectancy by two hours.
People who enjoy their exercise are more likely to stick with it. Some choose gardening or ballroom dancing, while others take a bike ride. Each activity leads to a healthier heart.
Eating a well-balanced diet can increase heart health by lowering cholesterol. Farmers’ markets offer fresh, locally grown produce that adds taste, color, and nutrition to a menu.
Planning for exercise and healthy eating is essential to success in fighting heart disease. Raising awareness of this disease and its prevention can lead to healthier hearts and longer lives.
Dr. Paul Dudley White
White developed an interest in medicine at an early age, when he accompanied his father, a family doctor, on house calls in his horse and buggy. Dudley went on to attend the Roxbury Latin School and Harvard College, before earning his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1911.
During this time, White interned at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-authored his first paper with Dr. Roger I. Lee on blood coagulation. Their work remains the standard used today to measure the speed of blood coagulation. Then in 1913, White was invited by Harvard to go on a traveling fellowship to London to study cardiovascular physiology with Thomas Lewis. The experience was extremely formative for White, who would then become one of America’s leading cardiologists.