Harvard Health ✓

@HarvardHealth · Boston, MA · joined 04 Mar 2009

Knowledge is the best medicine. Providing you with trustworthy health information from the halls of @Harvardmed and world-famous affiliated hospitals.

2 374 716Followers

790Following

16 369Posts total

289.9KViews on collected posts

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Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Sep

Often mistaken for a stubborn cold, this contagious lung infection can linger for weeks — and sometimes lead to more serious complications. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/dIjY92XMFY 12.8K views · 18 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Sep

Your sweat may be telling you more than you think. Here's how to distinguish normal causes of sweating from a potential health concern. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/WfKTafrTMD 12.5K views · 14 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Sep

Taking the stairs whenever you can is a simple way to sneak more vigorous physical activity into your day — and might garner significant health benefits. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/zRKK4jgWcf 8K views · 23 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth22 Sep

Some 3.5 million American men live with prostate cancer, often for many years. A new study suggests that changing the fats they eat might make a significant difference in the health and number of those years. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/WlzGjYoHHd 14.4K views · 38 likes · 19 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth22 Sep

Before scheduling surgery, understand what a hysterectomy can — and can't — treat. Here's information that can help guide the decision. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/tLwXMXtP1T 6K views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth22 Sep

Use of estrogen-only hormone therapy by menopausal women may significantly lower their odds of developing Alzheimer’s-related brain changes or being diagnosed with dementia, according to a study published Sept. 8, 2026, in Neurology. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/A8B3rq8KLz 42.6K views · 585 likes · 160 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth21 Sep

Some 3.5 million American men live with prostate cancer, often for many years. A new study suggests that changing the fats they eat might make a significant difference in the health and number of those years. #HarvardHealth #HealthyFat https://t.co/WlzGjYoHHd 16.2K views · 73 likes · 25 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth21 Sep

Evidence is growing that shingles vaccination may do more than just help prevent painful shingles outbreaks, including lowering risk of dementia and slowing biological aging. Now, a study suggests that the current version of the vaccine may also protect the heart. #HarvardHealth 43.8K views · 688 likes · 230 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth21 Sep

The choices are many, and there's no "certified gluten-free" label needed. #HarvardHealth #Gluten Free https://t.co/fkiEmSDjpH 10.6K views · 7 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Aug

@HarvardHealth “Give Lito a Chance.” 128 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Aug

@HarvardHealth Please consider giving Lito Sousa a chance to be included in research or clinical studies on Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Lito is a very special person, deeply loved and admired by countless Brazilians. He is a genuinely kind, decent human being — someone who radiat 243 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Aug

@HarvardHealth HELP @avioesemusicas PLEASEEE!! 86 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth11 Aug

Treatment might become more easily accessible, but it isn't right for everyone. #HarvardHealth https://t.co/md00b7aWsC 17.1K views · 30 likes · 76 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth28 Jul

@HarvardHealth Or, people who are healthier into their 80s have both better bodies (ie can walk faster) and better brains. Harvard ought to know that correlation does not equal causation. 597 views · 21 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth28 Jul

@HarvardHealth Good one to surface. The autopsy data is what stopped me: same dementia pathology in the fast walkers as everyone else, but better cognition in life. Resilience to disease rather than protection, which is a very interesting story. Worth adding that super movers 496 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth27 Jul

@HarvardHealth Correlation doesn’t establish causality 1.1K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth27 Jul

Here’s some good news if you’re a fast walker — and an incentive to pick up the pace if you’re not: findings from a study published July 14, 2026, in Neurology suggest that older adults who maintain a brisk natural walking pace into their 80s and beyond may be protecting their 69.3K views · 436 likes · 151 reposts · 25 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth24 Jul

Peptides are getting a lot of attention on social media, purporting to support everything from muscle growth and skin health to improved energy, cognitive function, and sleep quality. With all of the buzz, you may be wondering what these compounds are, what benefits they actually 16.3K views · 51 likes · 24 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth23 Jul

About half of US adults have high blood pressure. Could the sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice they consumed in childhood have shaped their later-in-life blood pressure risk? #HarvardHealth https://t.co/xPrKvRcqaP 9.7K views · 24 likes · 11 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Harvard Health ✓@HarvardHealth20 Jul

These compounds are trending on social media. Do they live up to the hype? #HarvardHealth https://t.co/MV1zVKakMf 8.2K views · 15 likes · 14 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

18 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views11 511this account14 648median for 1M–10M

Reach, %0.48%this account0.74%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %0.85%this account0.70%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	11 511	14 648	0.79×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.48%	0.74%	0.66×
Engagement rate	0.85%	0.70%	1.22×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

59728 Jul

17.1K11 Aug

8623 Aug

243

128

10.6K21 Sep

43.8K

16.2K

42.6K22 Sep

14.4K

8K23 Sep

12.5K

12.8K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.52%28 Jul

0.80%11 Aug

3.49%23 Aug

4.53%

3.12%

0.12%21 Sep

2.17%

0.67%

1.79%22 Sep

0.15%

0.42%

0.44%23 Sep

0.18%

0.19%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 0.70%.

What the audience does

Likes56.2%2 065 in total

Reposts20.3%745 in total

Replies3.2%117 in total

Quotes1.4%51 in total

Bookmarks18.9%696 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

22 Sep

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