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Lynne Christensen

Staff Writer

Lynne Christensen is a staff writer who contributes articles to Harvard Health Publishing’s flagship website and its four newsletters: the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Heart Letter, Harvard Women’s Health Watch, and Harvard Men’s Health Watch. She has also authored Harvard Health Publishing special reports on a variety of health topics. Previously, she served as executive editor of the Cleveland Clinic Arthritis Advisor newsletter and executive editor of Focus on Healthy Aging, a newsletter of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Family Practice News, Genetic Engineering News, and publications of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. She developed patient education materials for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, and created award-winning reports on improving care for older adults. She earned a master’s degree at New York University.

Posts by Lynne Christensen

Prompt treatment for head injury may lower your risk of dementia featured image

Brain health

Prompt treatment for head injury may lower your risk of dementia

Cannabis may offer modest relief for chronic pain featured image

Pain

Cannabis may offer modest relief for chronic pain

Driving with arthritis pain: Stay comfortable - and safe - behind the wheel featured image

Bones and joints

Driving with arthritis pain: Stay comfortable - and safe - behind the wheel

To lose weight, especially harmful belly fat, combine diet and exercise featured image

Weight loss

To lose weight, especially harmful belly fat, combine diet and exercise

People with diabetes face higher risk of hearing loss featured image

Diabetes and metabolic health

People with diabetes face higher risk of hearing loss

Obesity appears not to raise risks from shoulder replacement surgery featured image

Bones and joints

Obesity appears not to raise risks from shoulder replacement surgery

Acupuncture boosts pain relief for chronic low back pain featured image

Bones and joints

Acupuncture boosts pain relief for chronic low back pain

Walking for wellness: Quick jaunts versus long treks featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Walking for wellness: Quick jaunts versus long treks

Oral side effects of common medications featured image

Medications and treatments

Oral side effects of common medications

Two bad knees? What to know about bilateral knee replacement featured image

Bones and joints

Two bad knees? What to know about bilateral knee replacement

Can nasal irrigation help with winter colds and congestion? featured image

Preventive care

Can nasal irrigation help with winter colds and congestion?

What happens when a joint replacement fails? featured image

Bones and joints

What happens when a joint replacement fails?

Skipping breakfast may increase risk for metabolic syndrome featured image

Diet and nutrition

Skipping breakfast may increase risk for metabolic syndrome

Walking, cycling, and swimming are best exercises for knee osteoarthritis featured image

Bones and joints

Walking, cycling, and swimming are best exercises for knee osteoarthritis

What to do if you have - or suspect you have - shingles featured image

Immune and infectious diseases

What to do if you have - or suspect you have - shingles

How to return to fitness after total knee replacement featured image

Bones and joints

How to return to fitness after total knee replacement

Mediterranean diet may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with high-risk genes featured image

Brain health

Mediterranean diet may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with high-risk genes

Knee braces, hydrotherapy, and exercise stand out as the best nondrug therapies for knee osteoarthritis featured image

Bones and joints

Knee braces, hydrotherapy, and exercise stand out as the best nondrug therapies for knee osteoarthritis

Get a grip: How to manage thumb arthritis featured image

Bones and joints

Get a grip: How to manage thumb arthritis

Are lunges safe for older adults? featured image

Bones and joints

Are lunges safe for older adults?

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