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Howard E. LeWine, MD

Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing

Howard LeWine, M.D., 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.

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Common painkillers boost risk of repeat heart attack featured image

Heart Health

Common painkillers boost risk of repeat heart attack

Investing in fitness now pays health dividends later featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Investing in fitness now pays health dividends later

Threat level high for West Nile infection featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Threat level high for West Nile infection

Rosie O’Donnell’s heart attack a lesson for women featured image

Heart Health

Rosie O’Donnell’s heart attack a lesson for women

New test may speed detection of heart attacks featured image

Heart Health

New test may speed detection of heart attacks

Diabetes can strike—hard—even when weight is normal featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Diabetes can strike—hard—even when weight is normal

New guidelines urge immediate treatment after HIV infection featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

New guidelines urge immediate treatment after HIV infection

Blood pressure goals may need to change with age featured image

Heart Health

Blood pressure goals may need to change with age

Blood pressure goals may need to change with age featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Blood pressure goals may need to change with age

As cancer death approaches, palliative care may improve quality of life featured image

Cancer

As cancer death approaches, palliative care may improve quality of life

Studies question ban on alcohol during pregnancy featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Studies question ban on alcohol during pregnancy

Alcohol abuse linked to weight-loss surgery featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Alcohol abuse linked to weight-loss surgery

Probiotics may help prevent diarrhea due to antibiotic use featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Probiotics may help prevent diarrhea due to antibiotic use

New guidelines offer drug, herbal options for preventing migraine featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

New guidelines offer drug, herbal options for preventing migraine

Experts recommend a more personal approach to type 2 diabetes featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Experts recommend a more personal approach to type 2 diabetes

Late to bed, early to rise: a recipe for diabetes featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Late to bed, early to rise: a recipe for diabetes

$2 drug treatment helps prevent exam-caused pancreas problem featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

$2 drug treatment helps prevent exam-caused pancreas problem

Aspirin for cancer prevention: promising, but not proven featured image

Cancer

Aspirin for cancer prevention: promising, but not proven

FDA changes safety information on statin drugs featured image

Heart Health

FDA changes safety information on statin drugs

Quick injection helps stop epileptic seizures featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Quick injection helps stop epileptic seizures

Pregnancy-related high blood pressure, diabetes linked to later heart disease featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Pregnancy-related high blood pressure, diabetes linked to later heart disease

Addiction: It retrains the brain, is tougher on women featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Addiction: It retrains the brain, is tougher on women

Heart’s “fountain of youth” starts flowing early featured image

Heart Health

Heart’s “fountain of youth” starts flowing early

Living to 100 and beyond: the right genes plus a healthy lifestyle featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Living to 100 and beyond: the right genes plus a healthy lifestyle

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