Love falls into one of two dimensions: feeling or experiencing love from someone else and extending or expressing love towards another person. Now, researchers are beginning to understand the nature of how giving love reinforces feeling love. Zita Oravecz, associate professor of human development and family studies and faculty co-hire in the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, discusses how expressing and feeling love can be practiced, how love experiences show up every day and how to cultivate more love in the world.

It’s not unusual to have one or more family members with some form of heart disease. Nonetheless, some people may not even know they have heart disease until they experience a heart attack or stroke or are diagnosed with heart failure. Despite the prevalence of heart disease, many people are still unclear about how genetics can impact heart disease and, most importantly, what they can do to lower their risk. Stephen Kopecky, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, explains how you can improve your heart health, even if your family has a history of cardiovascular problems