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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

What to do about medical gaslighting featured image

Staying Healthy

What to do about medical gaslighting

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Stepping up activity if winter slowed you down

The colonoscopy diet featured image

Staying Healthy

The colonoscopy diet

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

Staying Healthy

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

New thinking about tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

New thinking about tinnitus

Be wise about bee and wasp stings featured image

Staying Healthy

Be wise about bee and wasp stings

What should you do when sciatica flares? featured image

Pain

What should you do when sciatica flares?

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

Staying Healthy

Pets may help fend off cognitive decline in single seniors

Colon cancer risks higher in people with diabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Colon cancer risks higher in people with diabetes

Eating more tomatoes may help lower high blood pressure featured image

Staying Healthy

Eating more tomatoes may help lower high blood pressure

Top 3 strategies to avoid ankle sprains featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Top 3 strategies to avoid ankle sprains

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

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

Will walking faster reduce your diabetes risk? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Will walking faster reduce your diabetes risk?

Beyond the usual suspects for healthy resolutions featured image

Staying Healthy

Beyond the usual suspects for healthy resolutions

Uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes tied to severe COVID-19 outcomes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes tied to severe COVID-19 outcomes

Having a hobby tied to happiness and well-being featured image

Mind & Mood

Having a hobby tied to happiness and well-being

Will eating red meat bring on diabetes? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Will eating red meat bring on diabetes?

Questions and answers about the new anti-obesity medications featured image

Staying Healthy

Questions and answers about the new anti-obesity medications

Tips to navigate a

Staying Healthy

Tips to navigate a "sleep divorce"

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