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Heidi Godman

Managing Director

Heidi Godman directs all news gathering for Harvard Health Publishing, and also directs the curation and production of HHP's four monthly subscription publications (the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Heart Letter, Harvard Men's Health Watch, and Harvard Women's Health Watch). Previously, Heidi served as the executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter. She was also an award-winning television news anchor and medical reporter.

Posts by Heidi Godman

The wrong arm position might affect your blood pressure measurement featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The wrong arm position might affect your blood pressure measurement

Can these foods lower your dementia risk? featured image

Mind & Mood

Can these foods lower your dementia risk?

Reconsider cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Reconsider cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus

Who's missing from your health care team? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Who's missing from your health care team?

Fear of falling: Do you have an emergency plan? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Fear of falling: Do you have an emergency plan?

Breathe better after a chest cold, flu, pneumonia, or COVID featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Breathe better after a chest cold, flu, pneumonia, or COVID

Essential stretches to fight stiff winter muscles featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Essential stretches to fight stiff winter muscles

Antidepressants: Not just for mood disorders featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Antidepressants: Not just for mood disorders

Are you resistant to meditation? featured image

Mind & Mood

Are you resistant to meditation?

Shingles tied to cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Shingles tied to cognitive decline

FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening

Does a lack of purpose signal cognitive change? featured image

Mind & Mood

Does a lack of purpose signal cognitive change?

The surprising side effect of eye surgery featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The surprising side effect of eye surgery

Harvard researchers: Irregular sleep patterns linked to diabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Harvard researchers: Irregular sleep patterns linked to diabetes

Should you beef up your strength training program? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Should you beef up your strength training program?

Harvard scientists find another secret to longevity: Feeling grateful featured image

Mind & Mood

Harvard scientists find another secret to longevity: Feeling grateful

Tips to find integrative health practitioners featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Tips to find integrative health practitioners

Should you try these tools to clean your ears? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Should you try these tools to clean your ears?

4 steps to battle early signs of brittle bones featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

4 steps to battle early signs of brittle bones

Get your hiking muscles in shape featured image

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Get your hiking muscles in shape

Do parasocial relationships fill a loneliness gap? featured image

Mind & Mood

Do parasocial relationships fill a loneliness gap?

Should you try a do-it-yourself hearing test? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Should you try a do-it-yourself hearing test?

Drinks on a plane: Consider saying no featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Drinks on a plane: Consider saying no

Are you missing the subtle signs of anemia? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Are you missing the subtle signs of anemia?

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