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title: Heart Health
date: 2023-07-17T19:53:00-04:00
author: Eva Parker Passalacqua
canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/heart-health"
section: Subjects
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Heart Health

The heart is strong, flexible, adaptive, and central to our well being. Gender and biological sex are often overlooked factors in our cardiovascular conditions, including diagnosis and treatment.

![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)###  [*What is?* **Heart Health**](/what-is/heart-health)

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![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)###  [*What is?* **Heart Health**](/what-is/heart-health)

![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Heart Health Themes

- [ Advocating for Our Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/advocating-for-your-heart-health)
- [ Understanding Heart Conditions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/understanding-heart-conditions)
- [ Taking Care of Our Hearts](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/taking-care-of-our-hearts)
- [ LGBTQIA+ Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/lgbtqia-heart-health)
- [ Pregnancy & Postpartum Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/pregnancy-postpartum-heart-health)
- [ Race, Class & Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/race-class-heart-health)
- [ Women's Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/womens-heart-health)
- [ Perimenopause, Menopause & Heart Health](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/perimenopause-menopause-heart-health)

##### Featured Heart Health Expert

[![Headshot of Dara Lee Lewis](data:image/png;base64,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)### Dara Lee Lewis

Dara Lee Lewis is the co-director of Women's Cardiology at the Lown Group in Chestnut Hill MA, where she is a full time cardiologist.

[read more](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/people/dara-lee-lewis-md-chair)](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/people/dara-lee-lewis-md-chair)

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