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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

Use strength training to help ward off chronic disease featured image

Staying Healthy

Use strength training to help ward off chronic disease

What you need to know about aphasia featured image

Mind & Mood

What you need to know about aphasia

Should you read your doctor's notes? featured image

Staying Healthy

Should you read your doctor's notes?

A new angle on aging in place: The virtual village featured image

Staying Healthy

A new angle on aging in place: The virtual village

Corneal transplants becoming more common featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Corneal transplants becoming more common

Protein intake associated with less cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Protein intake associated with less cognitive decline

How much exercise does it take to avoid heart problems in your 70s? featured image

Staying Healthy

How much exercise does it take to avoid heart problems in your 70s?

What's the best sleep position to combat heartburn? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What's the best sleep position to combat heartburn?

Rowing or paddling after age 60 featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Rowing or paddling after age 60

Is it okay to use proton-pump inhibitors on demand? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is it okay to use proton-pump inhibitors on demand?

Warning: Older age makes you vulnerable to the summer heat featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Warning: Older age makes you vulnerable to the summer heat

What to do when your kids confront you about your health featured image

Staying Healthy

What to do when your kids confront you about your health

The best ways to identify processed foods featured image

Staying Healthy

The best ways to identify processed foods

Reset your heart health featured image

Heart Health

Reset your heart health

Home screening options for colorectal cancer featured image

Cancer

Home screening options for colorectal cancer

Even small increases in daily exercise are tied to longevity featured image

Staying Healthy

Even small increases in daily exercise are tied to longevity

New numbers about statin drug intolerance featured image

Staying Healthy

New numbers about statin drug intolerance

Staying Healthy

"Light" meals linked to overeating

Reduce your fear of falling featured image

Staying Healthy

Reduce your fear of falling

Making sense of dementia trends featured image

Mind & Mood

Making sense of dementia trends

When medication deliveries hit a snag featured image

Staying Healthy

When medication deliveries hit a snag

New Harvard tool helps fact-check cancer claims featured image

Staying Healthy

New Harvard tool helps fact-check cancer claims

Laughing with friends linked to lower risk of disability featured image

Staying Healthy

Laughing with friends linked to lower risk of disability

Virtual reality for chronic pain relief featured image

Pain

Virtual reality for chronic pain relief

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