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Julie Corliss

Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Julie Corliss has been the executive editor of the Harvard Heart Letter since 2013. She also writes for the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Women’s Health Watch, and Harvard Men’s Health Watch, as well as for Harvard Health Publishing’s flagship website. Julie’s work has been published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, UptoDate, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Julie is co-author of Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep it Off. Julie earned a BA in biology from Oberlin College and a master’s certificate in science communication from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Posts by Julie Corliss

Weather and air pollution linked to heart-related hospitalizations featured image

Heart Health

Weather and air pollution linked to heart-related hospitalizations

When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer?

Dealing with thick, discolored toenails featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Dealing with thick, discolored toenails

Exercise may counteract inherited risk for diabetes featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Exercise may counteract inherited risk for diabetes

Seeing clogged arteries may inspire healthier habits featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Seeing clogged arteries may inspire healthier habits

Vegetarian and vegan diets may lower cholesterol levels featured image

Heart Health

Vegetarian and vegan diets may lower cholesterol levels

Autoimmune diseases pose a threat to the heart featured image

Heart Health

Autoimmune diseases pose a threat to the heart

Heart attacks may speed cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Heart attacks may speed cognitive decline

Breathing exercises to lower your blood pressure featured image

Preventive care

Breathing exercises to lower your blood pressure

To elevate your exercise routine, take a hike featured image

Heart Health

To elevate your exercise routine, take a hike

Heart-healthy eating: How does your diet stack up? featured image

Heart Health

Heart-healthy eating: How does your diet stack up?

Nitroglycerin pills for angina: Is there another option? featured image

Heart Health

Nitroglycerin pills for angina: Is there another option?

Monitoring blood pressure at home? Make sure you follow these steps featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Monitoring blood pressure at home? Make sure you follow these steps

24-hour blood pressure monitoring outperforms clinic readings featured image

Heart Health

24-hour blood pressure monitoring outperforms clinic readings

Calcium score may foretell heart risk better than genetic test featured image

Heart Health

Calcium score may foretell heart risk better than genetic test

Healthy diet linked to better cardiovascular fitness featured image

Heart Health

Healthy diet linked to better cardiovascular fitness

Move of the month: Pull-down featured image

Heart Health

Move of the month: Pull-down

When high blood pressure affects the lungs featured image

Heart Health

When high blood pressure affects the lungs

What's the latest on wearables for finding atrial fibrillation? featured image

Heart Health

What's the latest on wearables for finding atrial fibrillation?

Race, racism, and heart disease: Why awareness matters featured image

Heart Health

Race, racism, and heart disease: Why awareness matters

What makes water workouts so worthwhile? featured image

Heart Health

What makes water workouts so worthwhile?

Does coffee help or harm your heart? featured image

Heart Health

Does coffee help or harm your heart?

Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike

Salty diet linked to narrowed arteries in the heart and neck featured image

Heart Health

Salty diet linked to narrowed arteries in the heart and neck

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