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Harvard Health Letters
Each month, the five Harvard Health Letters are filled with the latest, most accurate information on everything from supplements to strength training, pacemakers to prostate cancer, pain relief and post-traumatic stress syndrome. Lively feature stories, Q&As, briefs and graphics by Harvard University experts fill the pages of the Health Letter, Heart Letter, Women’s Health Watch, Men’s Health Watch and the Mental Health Letter. All art is available.
Harvard Health Letters Samples
More show, less tell
Dr. Angelo Volandes, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, is producing videos to educate patients and help them make informed medical decisions. What made you think of using videos? I have always been interested in film.
Ask the doctor: Should I drink orange juice with added calcium and vitamin D?
Q.Should I be drinking the orange juice that has calcium and vitamin D added to it? A.Major brands are selling orange juice with about 350 milligrams of calcium and 100 international units of vitamin D added to each 8-ounce serving.
Ask the doctor: Will cataract surgery worsen macular degeneration?
Q.I have been diagnosed with macular degeneration and cataracts in both eyes. A. Retina specialists like myself used to be concerned that cataract surgery might worsen macular degeneration.
Raising your conscientiousness
Becoming more conscientious could be your ticket to better health and longer life.
Changes to the statin label: What they really mean
The FDA has made changes to the safety label for statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs that over 20 million Americans take in hopes of reducing their chances of having a heart attack or stroke.
Blue light has a dark side
Light at night is bad for your health, and exposure to blue light emitted by electronics and energy-efficient lightbulbs may be especially so.
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