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Howard E. LeWine, MD

Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing

Dr. Howard LeWine is a practicing internist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Chief Medical Editor at Harvard Health Publishing, and editor in chief of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.

Posts by Howard E. LeWine, MD

How to identify scabies - a contagious and uncomfortable skin condition caused by mites featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How to identify scabies - a contagious and uncomfortable skin condition caused by mites

Should I take a daily multivitamin? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Should I take a daily multivitamin?

Green poop: What stool color can indicate about health featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Green poop: What stool color can indicate about health

What is creatine? Potential benefits and risks of this popular supplement featured image

Exercise and Fitness

What is creatine? Potential benefits and risks of this popular supplement

Is calcium in my diet bad for my heart? featured image

Heart Health

Is calcium in my diet bad for my heart?

Is alkaline water better? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Is alkaline water better?

Do beta blockers interfere with exercise? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Do beta blockers interfere with exercise?

What can I do about my

Healthy aging and longevity

What can I do about my "beer belly"?

How can I reduce my number of daily medications? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

How can I reduce my number of daily medications?

Does hyperthyroidism make me immune compromised? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Does hyperthyroidism make me immune compromised?

Why do medical guidelines change frequently? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Why do medical guidelines change frequently?

Do I need any more COVID vaccinations? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Do I need any more COVID vaccinations?

What causes increased fatigue? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What causes increased fatigue?

Should I worry about the side effects of proton-pump inhibitors? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Should I worry about the side effects of proton-pump inhibitors?

Does my prostate cancer increase my risk for other cancers? featured image

Men's Health

Does my prostate cancer increase my risk for other cancers?

Did my diet cause my gallstones? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Did my diet cause my gallstones?

What can I do about my nasal drip? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What can I do about my nasal drip?

Do past lifestyle habits affect future health? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Do past lifestyle habits affect future health?

Did COVID cause my shortness of breath? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Did COVID cause my shortness of breath?

Should I take afternoon naps? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Should I take afternoon naps?

Can eating potassium-rich foods lower my blood pressure? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Can eating potassium-rich foods lower my blood pressure?

From the editors featured image

Heart Health

From the editors

Do I still need a colonoscopy? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Do I still need a colonoscopy?

What could cause my persistent neck pain? featured image

Pain

What could cause my persistent neck pain?

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