Strength training over decades linked to longer life
Loneliness linked to cognitive decline and early death
Taking breaks from sitting to move around may lower cancer risk
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may lower the need for knee replacement
Senator's death calls attention to aortic dissection
Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns
Atherosclerosis: Can AI help your doctor detect it?
Lose more weight and protect your heart by pairing exercise with eating fewer calories
Cardiac amyloidosis: Better detection and new treatments
American Cancer Society expands testing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening
Dara Lee Lewis, MD
Contributor; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Dr. Dara Lee Lewis is a full-time cardiologist and the medical director of the Lown Group. Her clinical interests include preventive cardiology, general cardiology, and heart disease in women. She is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is the course director for the first-year Harvard Medical School course in cardiology pathophysiology. Dr. Lee Lewis earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Posts by Dara Lee Lewis, MD
Heart Health
Should I take a statin if my calcium score is low?
Heart Health
Can a pulmonary embolism be treated at home?
Heart Health
Why are heart attacks more common in the morning?
Heart Health
Trying to lower stubbornly high LDL cholesterol?
Heart Health
How does cardiovascular disease increase the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19?
Heart Health
LDL cholesterol: How low can you (safely) go?
Dara Lee Lewis, MD
Medications as effective as stents for most with coronary artery disease
Heart Health
In defense of the salt shaker
Heart Health
Study supports benefit of statin use for older adults
Strength training over decades linked to longer life
Loneliness linked to cognitive decline and early death
Taking breaks from sitting to move around may lower cancer risk
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may lower the need for knee replacement
Senator's death calls attention to aortic dissection
Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns
Atherosclerosis: Can AI help your doctor detect it?
Lose more weight and protect your heart by pairing exercise with eating fewer calories
Cardiac amyloidosis: Better detection and new treatments
American Cancer Society expands testing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening
