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
Taming high blood pressure: How doctors find the right drug mix
Wynne Armand, MD
Contributor
Dr. Wynne Armand is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she provides primary care; an assistant professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School; associate director of the MGH Center for the Environment and Health; and affiliated faculty, Harvard Chan Center for Climate, Health, and Global environment (C-CHANGE). She is medical co-director for MGB Primary Care Office InSite (PCOI), a website that provides patient information as well as guidelines for practicing physicians and health care staff.
Dr. Armand earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, where she also completed her internal medicine residency in a program dedicated to training physicians to become leaders in the care of the underserved. She has an interest in promoting climate-smart health care.
Posts by Wynne Armand, MD
Diseases & Conditions
One surprising effect of wildfires: Itchy, irritated skin
Healthy aging and longevity
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
Healthy aging and longevity
How to stay healthy during a drought
Healthy aging and longevity
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
Healthy aging and longevity
Healthier planet, healthier people
Women's Health
How to choose period products
Healthy aging and longevity
Have a gas stove? How to reduce pollution that may harm health
Healthy aging and longevity
Even low-level air pollution may harm health
Healthy aging and longevity
Air pollution: How to reduce harm to your health
Medications and treatments
Pills and the planet: Environmentally-friendly steps for your medicine cabinet
Wynne Armand, MD
Fatty liver disease: What it is and what to do about it
Wynne Armand, MD
Travel tips: What you need to know before, during, and after you go abroad
Wynne Armand, MD
Heat related illness: How to keep your cool
Wynne Armand, MD
Keeping carbon monoxide out of your home
Wynne Armand, MD
Frozen (the cold will bother you…)
Immune and infectious diseases
H. pylori, a true stomach “bug”: Who should doctors test and treat?
Wynne Armand, MD
What’s the best way to quit smoking?
Wynne Armand, MD
Lung disease in smokers who don’t have COPD
Wynne Armand, MD
A monthly shot for opioid addiction: An option for some
Wynne Armand, MD
Guns and your health
Wynne Armand, MD
10 tips for mindful eating — just in time for the holidays
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
Taming high blood pressure: How doctors find the right drug mix
