Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness
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Daniel Pendick
Former Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
Daniel Pendick is a former executive editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. He previously served as editor and chief writer for the Cleveland Clinic Men’s Health Advisor and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine’s Focus On Healthy Aging. Dan earned a master of arts degree in the history of science and medicine from the University of Wisconsin in 1992, and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 1998–99. He is also a lecturer in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches the next generation of physicians and biomedical researchers how to communicate more effectively with each other and the general public.
Posts by Daniel Pendick
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Daniel Pendick
Mediterranean diet may prevent breast cancer, but there are other reasons to pour on the olive oil
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Men's Health
Is treating “low T” really safe and effective?
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Heart Health
CPR during cardiac arrest: someone’s life is in your hands
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Daniel Pendick
New recommendations aim to improve safety of pain-relieving spinal steroid injections
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Daniel Pendick
An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it’s a healthy choice anyway
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Heart Health
Peanuts linked to same heart, longevity benefits as more pricey nuts
Daniel Pendick
Can an app help you lose weight?
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Heart Health
Some home blood pressure monitors aren’t accurate
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Daniel Pendick
Advice you may not hear from your doctor: Don’t go out in the sun without protection
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Daniel Pendick
For women on osteoporosis drug “holiday,” bone testing at one year offers little benefit
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Daniel Pendick
Most headache-related brain scans aren’t needed
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Daniel Pendick
After hip fracture, exercise at home boosts day-to-day function
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Heart Health
Mediterranean-style diet linked to healthier arteries throughout the body
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Daniel Pendick
Treating severe snoring can help with tough-to-control blood pressure
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Heart Health
PET scans peer into the heart of dementia
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Daniel Pendick
Study suggests testing bone health in older people less often may be safe
Cancer
Prostate cancer trajectory set early
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Cancer
Prostate cancer lives as it is born: slow-growing and benign or fast-growing and dangerous
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Daniel Pendick
6 self-help tips for hemorrhoid flare-ups
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Daniel Pendick
Straight talk needed to choose health care at the end of life
Cancer
Genetic testing to guide prostate removal: too soon to know if it helps
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Men's Health
Healthy fats may fight early-stage prostate cancer
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Heart Health
Sodium still high in fast food and processed foods
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Heart Health
New study links L-carnitine in red meat to heart disease
Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
![blog image 1](https://domf5oio6qrcr.cloudfront.net/medialibrary/15415/conversions/2acee670-1e43-413e-a07b-437512d22803-micro.jpg)
Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness