
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?

Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction

What happens during sleep 鈥� and how to improve it

How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?

Could biofeedback help your migraines?

Plantar warts: Options for treating this common foot condition

Cancer survivorship: What comes next after treatment

Nutritional yeast: Does this savory, vegan seasoning pack a nutritional punch?

Salmonella is sneaky: Watch out

Two jobs may lower the odds of dying from Alzheimer's disease 鈥� but why?

Daniel Pendick
Former Executive Editor,
Daniel Pendick is a former executive editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. He previously served as editor and chief writer for the Cleveland Clinic Men’s Health Advisor and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine’s Focus On Healthy Aging. Dan earned a master of arts degree in the history of science and medicine from the University of Wisconsin in 1992, and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 1998–99. He is also a lecturer in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches the next generation of physicians and biomedical researchers how to communicate more effectively with each other and the general public.
Posts by Daniel Pendick

Daniel Pendick
Mediterranean diet may prevent breast cancer, but there are other reasons to pour on the olive oil

Men's Health
Is treating 鈥渓ow T鈥� really safe and effective?

Heart Health
CPR during cardiac arrest: someone鈥檚 life is in your hands

Daniel Pendick
New recommendations aim to improve safety of pain-relieving spinal steroid injections

Daniel Pendick
An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it鈥檚 a healthy choice anyway

Heart Health
Peanuts linked to same heart, longevity benefits as more pricey nuts
Daniel Pendick
Can an app help you lose weight?

Heart Health
Some home blood pressure monitors aren鈥檛 accurate

Daniel Pendick
Advice you may not hear from your doctor: Don鈥檛 go out in the sun without protection

Daniel Pendick
For women on osteoporosis drug 鈥渉oliday,鈥� bone testing at one year offers little benefit

Daniel Pendick
Most headache-related brain scans aren鈥檛 needed

Daniel Pendick
After hip fracture, exercise at home boosts day-to-day function

Daniel Pendick
Treating severe snoring can help with tough-to-control blood pressure

Heart Health
PET scans peer into the heart of dementia

Daniel Pendick
Study suggests testing bone health in older people less often may be safe

Cancer
Prostate cancer lives as it is born: slow-growing and benign or fast-growing and dangerous

Daniel Pendick
6 self-help tips for hemorrhoid flare-ups
Cancer
Genetic testing to guide prostate removal: too soon to know if it helps

Men's Health
Healthy fats may fight early-stage prostate cancer

Heart Health
Sodium still high in fast food and processed foods

Heart Health
New study links L-carnitine in red meat to heart disease

Daniel Pendick
Acupuncture is worth a try for chronic pain

Daniel Pendick
Can鈥檛 touch this: 鈥淟atex-free鈥� labels are misleading

Mind & Mood
7 common causes of forgetfulness

What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?

Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction

What happens during sleep 鈥� and how to improve it

How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?

Could biofeedback help your migraines?

Plantar warts: Options for treating this common foot condition

Cancer survivorship: What comes next after treatment

Nutritional yeast: Does this savory, vegan seasoning pack a nutritional punch?

Salmonella is sneaky: Watch out

Two jobs may lower the odds of dying from Alzheimer's disease 鈥� but why?