How high blood pressure harms your health
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
Cholesterol's various forms
Stopping a medication?
How to fall without injury
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Contributor
Dr. Monique Tello is a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, director of research and academic affairs for the MGH DGM Healthy Lifestyle Program, clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, and author of the evidence-based lifestyle change guide Healthy Habits for Your Heart. She completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency training program at Yale/New Haven Hospital. After residency, she earned a master’s in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and fellowship in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is half Latina, speaks Spanish, and maintains a close relationship with her extended family in Guatemala. She is married to local sports broadcaster Bob Socci, and they have two young children, one with autism. She writes a popular blog, www.DrMoniqueTello.com, about achieving balance, health, and wellness from the perspective of doctor and mother.
Posts by Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
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Monique Tello, MD, MPH
What's a healthy breakfast?
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
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Healthy aging and longevity
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Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Home cooking: Good for your health
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Depression: Common medication side effect?
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Exercise as part of cancer treatment
Exercise and Fitness
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Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Can dark chocolate improve vision?
Healthy aging and longevity
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Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Which diet is best for long-term weight loss?
Healthy aging and longevity
Trauma-informed care: What it is, and why it's important
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Rethinking A1c goals for type 2 diabetes
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Opioids in the household: “Sharing” pain pills is too common
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Diet and depression
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Calcium, vitamin D, and fractures (oh my!)
Healthy aging and longevity
Expert advice on how to quit smoking
Diet and nutrition
A doctor’s recipe for a healthy breakfast
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Intensive lifestyle change: It works, and it's more than diet and exercise
Exercise and Fitness
Mind over matter? How fit you think you are versus actual fitness
Exercise and Fitness
Exercise today, look better tomorrow (really)
Exercise and Fitness
Lifestyle change: “I know what to do, I just need to do it…but how?”
Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Taking medicines like you’re supposed to: Why is it so hard?
How high blood pressure harms your health
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
Cholesterol's various forms
Stopping a medication?
How to fall without injury
