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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

Gadgets to help you sleep better: Do they work? featured image

Staying Healthy

Gadgets to help you sleep better: Do they work?

Activities to sharpen your eye‑hand coordination featured image

Staying Healthy

Activities to sharpen your eye‑hand coordination

Back to the doctor featured image

Staying Healthy

Back to the doctor

Time to hire a caregiver? 3 tips to help featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Time to hire a caregiver? 3 tips to help

New recommendation: Earlier colorectal cancer screening featured image

Cancer

New recommendation: Earlier colorectal cancer screening

High blood pressure? Treat the risk, not the number featured image

Diseases & Conditions

High blood pressure? Treat the risk, not the number

Top causes of blood clots in the legs and how to avoid them featured image

Staying Healthy

Top causes of blood clots in the legs and how to avoid them

Chronic gut inflammation: Coping with inflammatory bowel disease featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Chronic gut inflammation: Coping with inflammatory bowel disease

The benefits of volunteering, without leaving home featured image

Mind & Mood

The benefits of volunteering, without leaving home

A vaccine that can prevent shingles featured image

Staying Healthy

A vaccine that can prevent shingles

Normal weight, but big belly? That raises heart disease risk featured image

Heart Health

Normal weight, but big belly? That raises heart disease risk

The best types of exercise when you have hip or knee pain featured image

Exercise & Fitness

The best types of exercise when you have hip or knee pain

Is your vision impaired? Tips to cope featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is your vision impaired? Tips to cope

Harvard study: Internet searches sometimes lead to the right diagnosis featured image

Staying Healthy

Harvard study: Internet searches sometimes lead to the right diagnosis

Baby, it's cold inside featured image

Staying Healthy

Baby, it's cold inside

5 important blood tests beyond the basics featured image

Staying Healthy

5 important blood tests beyond the basics

Pick up the pace for better walking with peripheral artery disease featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Pick up the pace for better walking with peripheral artery disease

Wearable fitness trackers may aid weight-loss efforts featured image

Staying Healthy

Wearable fitness trackers may aid weight-loss efforts

Are home pain relief gadgets safe for use? featured image

Pain

Are home pain relief gadgets safe for use?

Chronic inflammation and your joints featured image

Pain

Chronic inflammation and your joints

Returning to restaurants — and to healthy eating featured image

Nutrition

Returning to restaurants — and to healthy eating

Need physical therapy? 3 key questions your PT will ask featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Need physical therapy? 3 key questions your PT will ask

Pandemic weight gain: Not your imagination featured image

Staying Healthy

Pandemic weight gain: Not your imagination

Vitamin D supplements may reduce risk of invasive cancer featured image

Cancer

Vitamin D supplements may reduce risk of invasive cancer

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