Recent Articles

Prediabetes diet: How to help prevent progression to diabetes

COPD symptoms: How to spot them early

Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online

Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more

How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause

Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure

Surgery for a torn meniscus appears to offer no benefit

AI in healthcare: Can a chatbot answer your medical questions?

Increasing daily steps may boost surgical recovery

Poison ivy rash: Symptoms, treatment, and prevention

Urmila Parlikar

Director, Editorial Operations, Harvard Health Publishing

Urmila Parlikar is Director, Editorial Operations at Harvard Health Publishing. Urmila first joined HHP in 1998 as a staff writer for HHP’s newsletters and Special Health Reports. After serving as managing editor at HealthGate Data Corporation, she returned to HHP in 2014. In her current role she creates, implements, and manages processes and relationships that support HHP’s digital initiatives. Urmila earned her bachelor’s degree in biology and English from Barnard College, and a master’s degree in science journalism from Boston University.