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Heidi Godman

Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter

Heidi Godman is the executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter. Before coming to the Health Letter, she was an award-winning television news anchor and medical reporter for 25 years. Heidi was named a journalism fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and has been honored by the Associated Press, the American Heart Association, the Wellness Community, and other organizations for outstanding medical reporting. Heidi holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism from West Virginia University.

Posts by Heidi Godman

Counting steps works as well as counting exercise minutes featured image

Staying Healthy

Counting steps works as well as counting exercise minutes

Can you fight age-related voice changes? featured image

Staying Healthy

Can you fight age-related voice changes?

New medication for urinary tract infections: Will it really help? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

New medication for urinary tract infections: Will it really help?

Exercise trend alert: Walking soccer featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Exercise trend alert: Walking soccer

Tackling the top stressors for dementia caregivers featured image

Staying Healthy

Tackling the top stressors for dementia caregivers

Tips to change your night-owl lifestyle featured image

Staying Healthy

Tips to change your night-owl lifestyle

Can a spoonful of daily olive oil ward off dementia death? featured image

Mind & Mood

Can a spoonful of daily olive oil ward off dementia death?

Stroke rates holding steady for people 65 or older, but increasing among younger people featured image

Staying Healthy

Stroke rates holding steady for people 65 or older, but increasing among younger people

Packing your hurricane go bag? Make provisions for your health featured image

Staying Healthy

Packing your hurricane go bag? Make provisions for your health

Motivate yourself to walk more featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Motivate yourself to walk more

Can your blood tests predict your future risk of stress, anxiety, or depression? featured image

Mind & Mood

Can your blood tests predict your future risk of stress, anxiety, or depression?

Heart failure might be the most common complication of atrial fibrillation featured image

Heart Health

Heart failure might be the most common complication of atrial fibrillation

Do you really have a drug allergy? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Do you really have a drug allergy?

New approaches to colorectal cancer screening featured image

Staying Healthy

New approaches to colorectal cancer screening

Using food to stay hydrated featured image

Staying Healthy

Using food to stay hydrated

Best ways to recover from a muscle strain featured image

Staying Healthy

Best ways to recover from a muscle strain

Life can be challenging: Build your own resilience plan featured image

Mind & Mood

Life can be challenging: Build your own resilience plan

Want better sleep? Aim for at least an hour of exercise per week featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Want better sleep? Aim for at least an hour of exercise per week

What kind of reaction can you expect from the shingles vaccine? featured image

Staying Healthy

What kind of reaction can you expect from the shingles vaccine?

Best treatments for this common finger problem featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Best treatments for this common finger problem

Tips for traveling with incontinence featured image

Staying Healthy

Tips for traveling with incontinence

What you need to know about electric bicycles featured image

Exercise & Fitness

What you need to know about electric bicycles

3 ways to streamline your health care visits featured image

Staying Healthy

3 ways to streamline your health care visits

More evidence that ultra-processed foods harm health featured image

Nutrition

More evidence that ultra-processed foods harm health

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