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title: heart disease
date: 2024-02-15T11:07:00-05:00
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# heart disease

Once thought of as a “man’s problem,” heart disease is now widely recognized as the leading cause of death in people of all genders. See cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk.

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