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Julie Corliss

Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Julie Corliss is the executive editor of the Harvard Heart Letter. Before working at Harvard, she was a medical writer and editor at HealthNews, a consumer newsletter affiliated with The New England Journal of Medicine. She 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

Carbs: Cutting through the confusion featured image

Heart Health

Carbs: Cutting through the confusion

Time for a medication check-up? featured image

Heart Health

Time for a medication check-up?

Feel like you should be drinking less? Start here featured image

Mind & Mood

Feel like you should be drinking less? Start here

Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery featured image

Staying Healthy

Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery

Chronic loneliness linked to higher risk of stroke featured image

Heart Health

Chronic loneliness linked to higher risk of stroke

High lipoprotein(a) raises heart attack risk even in healthy people featured image

Heart Health

High lipoprotein(a) raises heart attack risk even in healthy people

Study links Mediterranean diet to living longer featured image

Heart Health

Study links Mediterranean diet to living longer

Device of the month: Mobile ECG device featured image

Heart Health

Device of the month: Mobile ECG device

Upcoming surgery? You may not need any heart tests beforehand featured image

Heart Health

Upcoming surgery? You may not need any heart tests beforehand

Can you self-titrate your blood pressure drugs? featured image

Heart Health

Can you self-titrate your blood pressure drugs?

When fear strikes the heart: Post-traumatic stress disorder featured image

Heart Health

When fear strikes the heart: Post-traumatic stress disorder

Need more inspiration to exercise? Don't go it alone featured image

Heart Health

Need more inspiration to exercise? Don't go it alone

Making healthy, home-cooked meals: How do you get started? featured image

Heart Health

Making healthy, home-cooked meals: How do you get started?

A brief bout of anger may be bad for your blood vessels featured image

Heart Health

A brief bout of anger may be bad for your blood vessels

Counting steps as good as time tracking for monitoring heart health featured image

Heart Health

Counting steps as good as time tracking for monitoring heart health

All types of alcohol appear to raise blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

All types of alcohol appear to raise blood pressure

Take time to stretch featured image

Staying Healthy

Take time to stretch

Rethinking HDL cholesterol featured image

Heart Health

Rethinking HDL cholesterol

Are heart attacks overdiagnosed? featured image

Heart Health

Are heart attacks overdiagnosed?

Chemical pollutants: A growing concern for your heart featured image

Heart Health

Chemical pollutants: A growing concern for your heart

Can you reduce your cholesterol without taking a drug? featured image

Heart Health

Can you reduce your cholesterol without taking a drug?

Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol? featured image

Mind & Mood

Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?

Can intermittent fasting improve heart health? featured image

Heart Health

Can intermittent fasting improve heart health?

A personalized program to heal your heart featured image

Heart Health

A personalized program to heal your heart

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