Recent Articles
Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?
Sciatica: Gentle stretches to help relieve pain and improve mobility
Thinking about becoming a pescatarian? What you should know about the pescatarian diet
Let's not call it cancer
Chair exercises for seniors: Boosting strength, flexibility, and stamina
Why all the buzz about inflammation — and just how bad is it?
Chronic kidney disease: What to know about this common, serious condition
Beyond the usual suspects for healthy resolutions
COVID tests: Do at-home tests work on newer variants?
A liquid biopsy for metastatic prostate cancer
Daniel Pendick
Former Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
Daniel Pendick is a former executive editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. He previously served as editor and chief writer for the Cleveland Clinic Men’s Health Advisor and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine’s Focus On Healthy Aging. Dan earned a master of arts degree in the history of science and medicine from the University of Wisconsin in 1992, and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 1998–99. He is also a lecturer in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches the next generation of physicians and biomedical researchers how to communicate more effectively with each other and the general public.
Posts by Daniel Pendick
Daniel Pendick
Mediterranean diet may prevent breast cancer, but there are other reasons to pour on the olive oil
Men's Health
Is treating “low T” really safe and effective?
Heart Health
CPR during cardiac arrest: someone’s life is in your hands
Daniel Pendick
New recommendations aim to improve safety of pain-relieving spinal steroid injections
Daniel Pendick
An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it’s a healthy choice anyway
Heart Health
Peanuts linked to same heart, longevity benefits as more pricey nuts
Daniel Pendick
Can an app help you lose weight?
Heart Health
Some home blood pressure monitors aren’t accurate
Daniel Pendick
Advice you may not hear from your doctor: Don’t go out in the sun without protection
Daniel Pendick
For women on osteoporosis drug “holiday,” bone testing at one year offers little benefit
Daniel Pendick
Most headache-related brain scans aren’t needed
Daniel Pendick
After hip fracture, exercise at home boosts day-to-day function
Heart Health
Mediterranean-style diet linked to healthier arteries throughout the body
Daniel Pendick
Treating severe snoring can help with tough-to-control blood pressure
Heart Health
PET scans peer into the heart of dementia
Daniel Pendick
Study suggests testing bone health in older people less often may be safe
Cancer
Prostate cancer trajectory set early
Cancer
Prostate cancer lives as it is born: slow-growing and benign or fast-growing and dangerous
Daniel Pendick
6 self-help tips for hemorrhoid flare-ups
Daniel Pendick
Straight talk needed to choose health care at the end of life
Cancer
Genetic testing to guide prostate removal: too soon to know if it helps
Men's Health
Healthy fats may fight early-stage prostate cancer
Heart Health
Sodium still high in fast food and processed foods
Heart Health
New study links L-carnitine in red meat to heart disease
Recent Articles
Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?
Sciatica: Gentle stretches to help relieve pain and improve mobility
Thinking about becoming a pescatarian? What you should know about the pescatarian diet
Let's not call it cancer
Chair exercises for seniors: Boosting strength, flexibility, and stamina
Why all the buzz about inflammation — and just how bad is it?
Chronic kidney disease: What to know about this common, serious condition
Beyond the usual suspects for healthy resolutions
COVID tests: Do at-home tests work on newer variants?
A liquid biopsy for metastatic prostate cancer
