Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns
Atherosclerosis: Can AI help your doctor detect it?
Beef tallow, seed oils, and full-fat dairy: Are any of them heart-healthy?
Cardiac amyloidosis: Better detection and new treatments
Lose more weight and protect your heart by pairing exercise with eating fewer calories
American Cancer Society expands testing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening
Heart risks from cannabis remain hazy but warrant caution
Harvard study links ultra-processed foods to higher rates of cognitive decline, dementia
A guide to the DASH diet
Calorie deficit explained: Is it a safe, sustainable approach to weight loss?
Peter Wehrwein
Contributor, Harvard Health
Peter Wehrwein was the editor of the Harvard Health Letter from 1999 to May 2012. He is currently a freelance writer and editor, and contributes to the Harvard Health blog and HarvardProstateKnowledge.org. Before editing the Health Letter, he was editor of the Harvard Public Health Review and director of development communications at the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to working at Harvard, Wehrwein was a reporter for newspapers in Albany, N.Y., Union City, N.J., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Big Lake, Minn. He has written for Newsweek, The Lancet, Managed Care, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Wehrwein was a journalism fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1993-94. He earned a B.A. in history from Yale University in 1980.
Posts by Peter Wehrwein
Peter Wehrwein
Switching to generic Lipitor
Peter Wehrwein
Do you want to see your doctor’s medical notes?
Peter Wehrwein
Obama going gray: Do presidents age faster?
Peter Wehrwein
Propofol: the drug that killed Michael Jackson
Peter Wehrwein
Astounding increase in antidepressant use by Americans
Heart Health
MRIs may be safe for people with pacemakers and ICDs
Peter Wehrwein
How to survive a tornado
Peter Wehrwein
Kate Middleton’s pre-royal weight loss: stress, “brideorexia,” or the Dukan Diet?
Exercise and Fitness
How Boston Marathon runners can avoid hitting the wall
Heart Health
Statin use is up, cholesterol levels are down: Are Americans’ hearts benefiting?
Pediatric health
Play Ball: Will new rules for bats make baseball safer?
Cancer
Radiation risk in Japan: an update
Cancer
Radiation risk in Japan: understanding radiation measurements and putting them in perspective
Cancer
Potassium iodide pills and prevention of thyroid cancer from Japanese nuclear power plant
Peter Wehrwein
Oscar or not, The King’s Speech teaches about stuttering
Peter Wehrwein
Top 10 health stories of 2010
Peter Wehrwein
Echinacea for colds
Peter Wehrwein
The safety of painkillers
Peter Wehrwein
Vitamin D recommendations
Cancer
Screening for lung cancer with CT scans
Peter Wehrwein
Halloween candy
Heart Health
Stem cell progress: Turning skin cells into heart cells
Heart Health
Kiss-kiss CPR: The mouth-to-mouth part may not be needed
Peter Wehrwein
Naps for young doctors
Peptides: What they are, potential benefits, and safety concerns
Atherosclerosis: Can AI help your doctor detect it?
Beef tallow, seed oils, and full-fat dairy: Are any of them heart-healthy?
Cardiac amyloidosis: Better detection and new treatments
Lose more weight and protect your heart by pairing exercise with eating fewer calories
American Cancer Society expands testing recommendations for colorectal cancer screening
Heart risks from cannabis remain hazy but warrant caution
Harvard study links ultra-processed foods to higher rates of cognitive decline, dementia
A guide to the DASH diet
Calorie deficit explained: Is it a safe, sustainable approach to weight loss?
