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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

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 and 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

Cognitive behavioral therapy offers a drug-free method for managing insomnia featured image

Julie Corliss

Cognitive behavioral therapy offers a drug-free method for managing insomnia

Mediterranean diet may help counteract age-related declines in memory and thinking skills featured image

Julie Corliss

Mediterranean diet may help counteract age-related declines in memory and thinking skills

More than a stretch: Yoga’s benefits may extend to the heart featured image

Heart Health

More than a stretch: Yoga’s benefits may extend to the heart

Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure featured image

Julie Corliss

Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure

Mindfulness meditation helps fight insomnia, improves sleep featured image

Julie Corliss

Mindfulness meditation helps fight insomnia, improves sleep

Too much sitting linked to heart disease, diabetes, premature death featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Too much sitting linked to heart disease, diabetes, premature death

Memory slips in your 70s may be an early hint of future dementia featured image

Julie Corliss

Memory slips in your 70s may be an early hint of future dementia

Probiotics may ease constipation featured image

Julie Corliss

Probiotics may ease constipation

Treating gum disease may lessen the burden of heart disease, diabetes, other conditions featured image

Julie Corliss

Treating gum disease may lessen the burden of heart disease, diabetes, other conditions

The “heartbreak of psoriasis” may affect your joints, heart, and mind featured image

Julie Corliss

The “heartbreak of psoriasis” may affect your joints, heart, and mind

Big arm-to-arm difference in blood pressure linked to higher heart attack risk featured image

Heart Health

Big arm-to-arm difference in blood pressure linked to higher heart attack risk

Mindfulness meditation may ease anxiety, mental stress featured image

Julie Corliss

Mindfulness meditation may ease anxiety, mental stress

Eating nuts linked to healthier, longer life featured image

Julie Corliss

Eating nuts linked to healthier, longer life

Flu shot linked to lower heart attack, stroke risk featured image

Heart Health

Flu shot linked to lower heart attack, stroke risk

Bridge the intention-behavior gap to lose weight and keep it off featured image

Julie Corliss

Bridge the intention-behavior gap to lose weight and keep it off

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