
Dragon fruit: How to enjoy this antioxidant-rich fruit

Are you getting health care you don't need?

Could you benefit from wearing compression socks?

A low-tech school vacation: Keeping kids busy and happy without screens

Mold in the home: Identifying and treating the issue to prevent health problems

Effective, practical strategies for coping with urinary incontinence

Scalp psoriasis: What to know about this uncomfortable inflammatory skin condition

Measles is making a comeback: Can we stop it?

Should you be sleepmaxxing to boost health and happiness?

Need a root canal? Here's what to expect

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

Dragon fruit: How to enjoy this antioxidant-rich fruit

Are you getting health care you don't need?

Could you benefit from wearing compression socks?

A low-tech school vacation: Keeping kids busy and happy without screens

Mold in the home: Identifying and treating the issue to prevent health problems

Effective, practical strategies for coping with urinary incontinence

Scalp psoriasis: What to know about this uncomfortable inflammatory skin condition

Measles is making a comeback: Can we stop it?

Should you be sleepmaxxing to boost health and happiness?

Need a root canal? Here's what to expect