Recent Blog Articles
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
Your amazing parathyroid glands
When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer?
Kay Cahill Allison
Former Editor, Harvard Health
Kay Cahill was editor of Harvard Health Publishing’ Special Health Reports from 1998 to 2012. Before joining Harvard Health, she created content for a variety of media including newspapers, television, books, radio, and electronic publishing. She is author of the American Medical Association’s Complete Guide to Women’s Health and lead writer for the Children’s Hospital Guide to Your Child’s Health and Development. A former consumer reporter for the Hartford Courant, Connecticut’s largest newspaper, and senior medical editor for Walking Magazine, her writing has also appeared in Consumer Reports on Health, Business Week, the Boston Globe, and aired on National Public Radio, WGBH, Channel 2 in Boston.
Posts by Kay Cahill Allison
Kay Cahill Allison
Pain relief outside the pill bottle
Exercise & Fitness
Treating neck pain with a dose of exercise
Men's Health
Managing fluids is one step toward better bladder control
Kay Cahill Allison
Itching rash or tingling toes: Is gluten the cause?
Kay Cahill Allison
The power of positive psychology: finding happiness in a cold ocean swim
Cancer
Is sunlight addictive?
Kay Cahill Allison
Fight fatigue by finding the cause
Exercise & Fitness
Taking the pain out of runner’s knee
Kay Cahill Allison
Good planning is a recipe for home-cooking success
Child & Teen Health
When it comes to fiber, cereal fiber may be your best choice
Recent Blog Articles
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
Your amazing parathyroid glands
When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer?