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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

Two workout strategies that reduce cardiovascular disease risk featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Two workout strategies that reduce cardiovascular disease risk

Hearing aid use linked to longer life featured image

Staying Healthy

Hearing aid use linked to longer life

The worst headache of your life featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The worst headache of your life

Could this diet ward off COVID? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Could this diet ward off COVID?

What to do about medical gaslighting featured image

Staying Healthy

What to do about medical gaslighting

Is that dental pain an emergency? featured image

Pain

Is that dental pain an emergency?

An easier way to do high-intensity interval training featured image

Exercise & Fitness

An easier way to do high-intensity interval training

Pill-free pain treatments that won't break the bank featured image

Pain

Pill-free pain treatments that won't break the bank

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down

Eating more tomatoes may help lower high blood pressure featured image

Staying Healthy

Eating more tomatoes may help lower high blood pressure

Colon cancer risks higher in people with diabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Colon cancer risks higher in people with diabetes

Pets may help fend off cognitive decline in single seniors featured image

Staying Healthy

Pets may help fend off cognitive decline in single seniors

What should you do when sciatica flares? featured image

Pain

What should you do when sciatica flares?

Be wise about bee and wasp stings featured image

Staying Healthy

Be wise about bee and wasp stings

New thinking about tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

New thinking about tinnitus

Medication disposal: How — and why — to do it safely featured image

Staying Healthy

Medication disposal: How — and why — to do it safely

The colonoscopy diet featured image

Staying Healthy

The colonoscopy diet

Alert: This hidden condition increases heart attack and stroke risks featured image

Heart Health

Alert: This hidden condition increases heart attack and stroke risks

Surprising risk factors for vision loss featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Surprising risk factors for vision loss

Electricity as chronic pain medicine featured image

Pain

Electricity as chronic pain medicine

Trouble getting your medications? Here's how to cope with pharmacy challenges featured image

Staying Healthy

Trouble getting your medications? Here's how to cope with pharmacy challenges

Will walking faster reduce your diabetes risk? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Will walking faster reduce your diabetes risk?

Cutting sodium significantly lowers blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

Cutting sodium significantly lowers blood pressure

Harvard study: Hot yoga may help ease depression featured image

Mind & Mood

Harvard study: Hot yoga may help ease depression

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