The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH
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Dr. Atlas is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Practice-Based Research and Quality Improvement in the Division of General Internal Medicine Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is also a practicing primary care physician. His research interests include spine disorders, cancer prevention, and population health as well as engaging patients in their health care. Dr. Atlas serves as a medical editor for low back and neck pain for UpToDate, an electronic knowledge resource for clinicians, and for the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, part of Healthwise, where he has developed shared decision making programs to better inform patients about their treatment options.
Posts by Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH
Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH
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The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
