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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness
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Wynne Armand, MD
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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; and associate director of the MGH Center for the Environment and Health. She is a faculty editor for MGH 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
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Diseases & Conditions
One surprising effect of wildfires: Itchy, irritated skin
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Staying Healthy
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
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Staying Healthy
How to stay healthy during a drought
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Staying Healthy
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
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Staying Healthy
Healthier planet, healthier people
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Women's Health
How to choose period products
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Staying Healthy
Have a gas stove? How to reduce pollution that may harm health
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Staying Healthy
Even low-level air pollution may harm health
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Staying Healthy
Air pollution: How to reduce harm to your health
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Pills and the planet: Environmentally-friendly steps for your medicine cabinet
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Fatty liver disease: What it is and what to do about it
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Travel tips: What you need to know before, during, and after you go abroad
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Heat related illness: How to keep your cool
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Keeping carbon monoxide out of your home
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Frozen (the cold will bother you…)
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Wynne Armand, MD
H. pylori, a true stomach “bug”: Who should doctors test and treat?
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Wynne Armand, MD
What’s the best way to quit smoking?
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Lung disease in smokers who don’t have COPD
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A monthly shot for opioid addiction: An option for some
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Guns and your health
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10 tips for mindful eating — just in time for the holidays
Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness