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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

Who's missing from your health care team? featured image

Staying Healthy

Who's missing from your health care team?

Reconsider cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Reconsider cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus

Can these foods lower your dementia risk? featured image

Mind & Mood

Can these foods lower your dementia risk?

The wrong arm position might affect your blood pressure measurement featured image

Staying Healthy

The wrong arm position might affect your blood pressure measurement

Antidepressants: Not just for mood disorders featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Antidepressants: Not just for mood disorders

Are you resistant to meditation? featured image

Mind & Mood

Are you resistant to meditation?

Shingles tied to cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Shingles tied to cognitive decline

FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening featured image

Staying Healthy

FDA approves blood test for colorectal cancer screening

Does a lack of purpose signal cognitive change? featured image

Mind & Mood

Does a lack of purpose signal cognitive change?

Essential stretches to fight stiff winter muscles featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Essential stretches to fight stiff winter muscles

Breathe better after a chest cold, flu, pneumonia, or COVID featured image

Staying Healthy

Breathe better after a chest cold, flu, pneumonia, or COVID

Fear of falling: Do you have an emergency plan? featured image

Staying Healthy

Fear of falling: Do you have an emergency plan?

The surprising side effect of eye surgery featured image

Staying Healthy

The surprising side effect of eye surgery

Get your hiking muscles in shape featured image

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Get your hiking muscles in shape

Should you try these tools to clean your ears? featured image

Staying Healthy

Should you try these tools to clean your ears?

4 steps to battle early signs of brittle bones featured image

Staying Healthy

4 steps to battle early signs of brittle bones

Tips to find integrative health practitioners featured image

Staying Healthy

Tips to find integrative health practitioners

Harvard scientists find another secret to longevity: Feeling grateful featured image

Mind & Mood

Harvard scientists find another secret to longevity: Feeling grateful

Harvard researchers: Irregular sleep patterns linked to diabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Harvard researchers: Irregular sleep patterns linked to diabetes

Should you beef up your strength training program? featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Should you beef up your strength training program?

Do parasocial relationships fill a loneliness gap? featured image

Mind & Mood

Do parasocial relationships fill a loneliness gap?

Who should get an RSV vaccination this year? featured image

Staying Healthy

Who should get an RSV vaccination this year?

Should you really take that daily aspirin? featured image

Staying Healthy

Should you really take that daily aspirin?

Trouble treating rheumatoid arthritis featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Trouble treating rheumatoid arthritis

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