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Julie Corliss

Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Julie Corliss is the executive editor of the Harvard Heart Letter. Before working at Harvard, she was a medical writer and editor at HealthNews, a consumer newsletter affiliated with The New England Journal of Medicine. She 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

Home-cooked meals with less salt featured image

Julie Corliss

Home-cooked meals with less salt

Why the human heart thrives with exercise featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Why the human heart thrives with exercise

Could white-coat hypertension harm your heart? featured image

Heart Health

Could white-coat hypertension harm your heart?

Hands-only CPR: A lifesaving technique within your reach featured image

Julie Corliss

Hands-only CPR: A lifesaving technique within your reach

Moving from couch to 5K featured image

Julie Corliss

Moving from couch to 5K

Lead exposure and heart disease featured image

Julie Corliss

Lead exposure and heart disease

Planet-friendly, plant-based home cooking featured image

Julie Corliss

Planet-friendly, plant-based home cooking

10 tricks to reduce salt (sodium) in your diet featured image

Julie Corliss

10 tricks to reduce salt (sodium) in your diet

Losing weight: Mindfulness may help featured image

Julie Corliss

Losing weight: Mindfulness may help

Music and heart health featured image

Julie Corliss

Music and heart health

Heart attack versus cardiac arrest featured image

Julie Corliss

Heart attack versus cardiac arrest

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Julie Corliss

Overcome exercise excuses

Is red wine actually good for your heart? featured image

Julie Corliss

Is red wine actually good for your heart?

Taking an anticlotting drug? If you need a procedure, be prepared featured image

Julie Corliss

Taking an anticlotting drug? If you need a procedure, be prepared

Fainting: Frightening, but seldom serious featured image

Heart Health

Fainting: Frightening, but seldom serious

Could you have a heart attack and not know it? featured image

Julie Corliss

Could you have a heart attack and not know it?

Cracking the coconut oil craze featured image

Julie Corliss

Cracking the coconut oil craze

5 habits that foster weight loss featured image

Julie Corliss

5 habits that foster weight loss

Your New Year’s resolution: A gym membership? featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Your New Year’s resolution: A gym membership?

Health benefits of hiking: Raise your heart rate and your mood featured image

Julie Corliss

Health benefits of hiking: Raise your heart rate and your mood

A twist on the genetic link between Alzheimer’s and heart disease featured image

Heart Health

A twist on the genetic link between Alzheimer’s and heart disease

Tai chi can improve life for people with chronic health conditions featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Tai chi can improve life for people with chronic health conditions

Doctor-rating websites offer helpful but limited advice featured image

Julie Corliss

Doctor-rating websites offer helpful but limited advice

Studies support broader use of cholesterol-lowering statins featured image

Julie Corliss

Studies support broader use of cholesterol-lowering statins

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