Every month, members of Harvard Health Letter’s editorial board—and occasionally other Harvard-affiliated doctors—answer questions from readers in its back-page “By the Way, Doctor…” feature. These Q&As sometimes zoom in on the devils-in the-details (particular drug interactions, subtypes of vitamins). Other times, the Harvard doctors impart big-picture wisdom (the real meaning of a recent study, the true benefits of a new medication).
Either way, the Q&As are among the best-read articles in the newsletter. So the editors of the Health Letter have devoted the entire May issue to the “By the way, doctor…” Q&As. Dr. Anthony Komaroff, editor in chief, describes the issue as an experiment in giving readers “more of a good thing.”
The doctors address these questions:
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