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Julie Corliss

Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Julie Corliss has been the executive editor of the Harvard Heart Letter since 2013. She also writes for the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Women’s Health Watch, and Harvard Men’s Health Watch, as well as for Harvard Health Publishing’s flagship website. Julie’s work has been published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, UptoDate, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Julie is co-author of Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep it Off. Julie earned a BA in biology from Oberlin College and a master’s certificate in science communication from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Posts by Julie Corliss

Cutting meat intake by a third could reduce rates of heart disease featured image

Heart Health

Cutting meat intake by a third could reduce rates of heart disease

Gratitude linked to longer life and fewer heart-related deaths featured image

Mind & Mood

Gratitude linked to longer life and fewer heart-related deaths

Feel like you should be drinking less? Start here featured image

Mind & Mood

Feel like you should be drinking less? Start here

Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery

Can you self-titrate your blood pressure drugs? featured image

Heart Health

Can you self-titrate your blood pressure drugs?

Chronic loneliness linked to higher risk of stroke featured image

Heart Health

Chronic loneliness linked to higher risk of stroke

High lipoprotein(a) raises heart attack risk even in healthy people featured image

Heart Health

High lipoprotein(a) raises heart attack risk even in healthy people

Study links Mediterranean diet to living longer featured image

Heart Health

Study links Mediterranean diet to living longer

Device of the month: Mobile ECG device featured image

Heart Health

Device of the month: Mobile ECG device

When fear strikes the heart: Post-traumatic stress disorder featured image

Heart Health

When fear strikes the heart: Post-traumatic stress disorder

Need more inspiration to exercise? Don't go it alone featured image

Heart Health

Need more inspiration to exercise? Don't go it alone

Making healthy, home-cooked meals: How do you get started? featured image

Heart Health

Making healthy, home-cooked meals: How do you get started?

Upcoming surgery? You may not need any heart tests beforehand featured image

Heart Health

Upcoming surgery? You may not need any heart tests beforehand

Rethinking HDL cholesterol featured image

Heart Health

Rethinking HDL cholesterol

A brief bout of anger may be bad for your blood vessels featured image

Heart Health

A brief bout of anger may be bad for your blood vessels

Counting steps as good as time tracking for monitoring heart health featured image

Heart Health

Counting steps as good as time tracking for monitoring heart health

All types of alcohol appear to raise blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

All types of alcohol appear to raise blood pressure

Take time to stretch featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Take time to stretch

Chemical pollutants: A growing concern for your heart featured image

Heart Health

Chemical pollutants: A growing concern for your heart

Can you reduce your cholesterol without taking a drug? featured image

Heart Health

Can you reduce your cholesterol without taking a drug?

Are heart attacks overdiagnosed? featured image

Heart Health

Are heart attacks overdiagnosed?

Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol? featured image

Mind & Mood

Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?

A personalized program to heal your heart featured image

Heart Health

A personalized program to heal your heart

Web-based app helps people accurately assess need for statin featured image

Heart Health

Web-based app helps people accurately assess need for statin

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