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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

Alcohol abuse linked to weight-loss surgery featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Alcohol abuse linked to weight-loss surgery

What is a bezoar and how can it affect your health? featured image

Digestive Health

What is a bezoar and how can it affect your health?

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

Which foods and drinks are most likely to trigger headaches? featured image

Pain

Which foods and drinks are most likely to trigger headaches?

FDA changes safety information on statin drugs featured image

Medications and treatments

FDA changes safety information on statin drugs

What might be causing loose stools? featured image

Digestive Health

What might be causing loose stools?

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

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

Healthy aging and longevity

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

Leg clots (aka deep-vein thrombosis): an immediate and long-term health hazard featured image

Heart Health

Leg clots (aka deep-vein thrombosis): an immediate and long-term health hazard

For some prostate cancers, waiting beats treatment featured image

Cancer

For some prostate cancers, waiting beats treatment

Whole-body vibration doesn’t slow bone loss featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Whole-body vibration doesn’t slow bone loss

Taking blood pressure pills at bedtime may prevent more heart attacks, strokes featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Taking blood pressure pills at bedtime may prevent more heart attacks, strokes

“Portfolio” beats low-fat diet for lowering cholesterol featured image

Heart Health

“Portfolio” beats low-fat diet for lowering cholesterol

Painkillers pose problems for people with heart disease featured image

Heart Health

Painkillers pose problems for people with heart disease

Should smokers be tested for lung cancer? featured image

Cancer

Should smokers be tested for lung cancer?

High Lymphocyte Count featured image

ask the doctor

High Lymphocyte Count

Could coughing be caused by acid reflux? featured image

Digestive Health

Could coughing be caused by acid reflux?

What are the best treatment options for essential tremor? featured image

Brain health

What are the best treatment options for essential tremor?

What could be causing my snoring? featured image

Sleep

What could be causing my snoring?

What could be causing my nighttime gasping for breath? featured image

Sleep

What could be causing my nighttime gasping for breath?

Causes of Breast Lumps in Men featured image

ask the expert

Causes of Breast Lumps in Men

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