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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

Want to live to age 120? Most Americans say no featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Want to live to age 120? Most Americans say no

Taking aspirin linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer featured image

Cancer

Taking aspirin linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer

Fish oil: friend or foe? featured image

Diet and nutrition

Fish oil: friend or foe?

New trial muddies the water about diet, exercise, and diabetes featured image

Exercise and Fitness

New trial muddies the water about diet, exercise, and diabetes

HPV transmission during oral sex a growing cause of mouth and throat cancer featured image

Cancer

HPV transmission during oral sex a growing cause of mouth and throat cancer

Gov. Christie’s weight-loss surgery: a good idea for health featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Gov. Christie’s weight-loss surgery: a good idea for health

Distracted eating may add to weight gain featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Distracted eating may add to weight gain

What might be causing my anemia? featured image

Preventive care

What might be causing my anemia?

Shared genes link depression, schizophrenia, and three other mental illnesses featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Shared genes link depression, schizophrenia, and three other mental illnesses

Why have I lost my sense of taste? featured image

Ear, nose, and throat

Why have I lost my sense of taste?

Alcohol: a heart disease-cancer balancing act featured image

Cancer

Alcohol: a heart disease-cancer balancing act

What could cause ongoing loose stools? featured image

Digestive Health

What could cause ongoing loose stools?

Does sneezing when I step into the sunlight mean I'm allergic to it? featured image

Ear, nose, and throat

Does sneezing when I step into the sunlight mean I'm allergic to it?

For early breast cancer, lumpectomy is at least as good as mastectomy featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

For early breast cancer, lumpectomy is at least as good as mastectomy

Hearing loss may be linked to mental decline featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Hearing loss may be linked to mental decline

Can frequent blood donation cause iron deficiency anemia? featured image

Preventive care

Can frequent blood donation cause iron deficiency anemia?

Can home remedies help with hemorrhoids? featured image

Digestive Health

Can home remedies help with hemorrhoids?

Can chewing tobacco cause a smoker's cough and other health problems? featured image

Cancer

Can chewing tobacco cause a smoker's cough and other health problems?

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

Diseases & Conditions

Diabetes can strike—hard—even when weight is normal

Doctor’s warning may prompt some to give up driving featured image

Howard E. LeWine, MD

Doctor’s warning may prompt some to give up driving

Can dietary changes ease gas and diarrhea after a new colostomy? featured image

Digestive Health

Can dietary changes ease gas and diarrhea after a new colostomy?

Study backs mammograms for women 50 to 69 featured image

Cancer

Study backs mammograms for women 50 to 69

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 and Fitness

Investing in fitness now pays health dividends later

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