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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

Warning: Older age makes you vulnerable to the summer heat featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Warning: Older age makes you vulnerable to the summer heat

What to do when your kids confront you about your health featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

What to do when your kids confront you about your health

Reset your heart health featured image

Heart Health

Reset your heart health

Home screening options for colorectal cancer featured image

Cancer

Home screening options for colorectal cancer

Even small increases in daily exercise are tied to longevity featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Even small increases in daily exercise are tied to longevity

New numbers about statin drug intolerance featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

New numbers about statin drug intolerance

Healthy aging and longevity

"Light" meals linked to overeating

Reduce your fear of falling featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Reduce your fear of falling

Making sense of dementia trends featured image

Mind & Mood

Making sense of dementia trends

When medication deliveries hit a snag featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

When medication deliveries hit a snag

New Harvard tool helps fact-check cancer claims featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

New Harvard tool helps fact-check cancer claims

Laughing with friends linked to lower risk of disability featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Laughing with friends linked to lower risk of disability

Virtual reality for chronic pain relief featured image

Pain

Virtual reality for chronic pain relief

Harvard study: High olive oil consumption associated with longevity featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Harvard study: High olive oil consumption associated with longevity

Bracing for incontinence featured image

Women's Health

Bracing for incontinence

Can medication tame chronic inflammation? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Can medication tame chronic inflammation?

Get back your social life to boost thinking, memory, and health featured image

Mind & Mood

Get back your social life to boost thinking, memory, and health

5 common foot problems and how to cope with them featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

5 common foot problems and how to cope with them

Overeating? Mindfulness exercises may help featured image

Diet and nutrition

Overeating? Mindfulness exercises may help

Cataract removal tied to lower dementia risk featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Cataract removal tied to lower dementia risk

Warning: Hidden ingredients in supplements for weight loss and male enhancement featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Warning: Hidden ingredients in supplements for weight loss and male enhancement

Tips to manage tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Tips to manage tinnitus

Top ways to reduce daily stress featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Top ways to reduce daily stress

Harvard study: Fish oil doesn't prevent depression featured image

Mind & Mood

Harvard study: Fish oil doesn't prevent depression

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