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Heidi Godman

Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter

Heidi Godman is the executive editor of the Harvard Health Letter. Before coming to the Health Letter, she was an award-winning television news anchor and medical reporter for 25 years. Heidi was named a journalism fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and has been honored by the Associated Press, the American Heart Association, the Wellness Community, and other organizations for outstanding medical reporting. Heidi holds a bachelor of science degree in journalism from West Virginia University.

Posts by Heidi Godman

Exercises that go easy on the bladder featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Exercises that go easy on the bladder

4 ways your teeth and gums are changing featured image

Staying Healthy

4 ways your teeth and gums are changing

Should you take pills or use patches for pain relief? featured image

Pain

Should you take pills or use patches for pain relief?

How to stop stressing over minor memory lapses featured image

Mind & Mood

How to stop stressing over minor memory lapses

New thinking on important blood tests featured image

Staying Healthy

New thinking on important blood tests

How much aerobic exercise does it take to lose weight? featured image

Exercise & Fitness

How much aerobic exercise does it take to lose weight?

Plant-based diets might fight leg or lung blood clots featured image

Nutrition

Plant-based diets might fight leg or lung blood clots

Morning coffee habit linked to a longer life featured image

Staying Healthy

Morning coffee habit linked to a longer life

Can dark chocolate help you avoid diabetes? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Can dark chocolate help you avoid diabetes?

More evidence that plant-based diets might ward off heart problems featured image

Heart Health

More evidence that plant-based diets might ward off heart problems

Is it time for a CPAP checkup? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is it time for a CPAP checkup?

How to cope with worsening allergy seasons featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How to cope with worsening allergy seasons

Tips to stay safe when you reach up featured image

Staying Healthy

Tips to stay safe when you reach up

Answers to why you itch all over featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Answers to why you itch all over

Macular degeneration: Will a supplement cocktail slow it down? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Macular degeneration: Will a supplement cocktail slow it down?

Fluctuating sleep times might boost your heart attack and stroke risk featured image

Heart Health

Fluctuating sleep times might boost your heart attack and stroke risk

3 stretches to relieve knee pain featured image

Pain

3 stretches to relieve knee pain

Does drinking tea really help health? featured image

Staying Healthy

Does drinking tea really help health?

Fresh ideas to improve health habits featured image

Staying Healthy

Fresh ideas to improve health habits

How winter affects chronic conditions featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How winter affects chronic conditions

Are you taking too many medications? featured image

Staying Healthy

Are you taking too many medications?

Can acupuncture ease your sciatica? featured image

Pain

Can acupuncture ease your sciatica?

These drugs might be best to relieve migraine pain featured image

Pain

These drugs might be best to relieve migraine pain

Can a

Exercise & Fitness

Can a "weekend warrior" exercise regimen protect your brain?

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