Carey Goldberg

Carey Goldberg is the editor of WBUR’s CommonHealth blog. She has been the Boston bureau chief of The New York Times, a staff Moscow correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, and a health/science reporter for The Boston Globe. She was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT; graduated summa cum laude from Yale; and did graduate work at Harvard. She is co-author of the triple memoir “Three Wishes: A True Story Of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak and Astonishing Luck On Our Way To Love and Motherhood.”
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Judy Collins On Suicide, Mental Illness And The Story Her Voice Is Telling
June 09, 2016
Singer Judy Collins wins an award from McLean Hospital for speaking out about mental health and addiction, including her own alcoholism and depression and her son’s 1992 suicide.
Birth Control’s Next Frontier? Health Center Aims For Quick And Easy IUDs And Implants
June 03, 2016
If they’re so effective, why aren’t more women using IUDs and implants? A health clinic in Worcester is getting help to put better birth control front and center — particularly long-acting birth control, in hopes of cutting the high rate of unintended pregnancy.
Coming Soon: The Magic Pill, A Daily Dose (By Podcast) Of Get Up And Go
May 27, 2016
Coming soon from WBUR: A lively new podcast called “The Magic Pill,” a daily dose of get up and go — it mixes compelling stories, fascinating facts and gotta-move music to help you do just about the best thing for your health: move more.
Cancer Patient Receives Nation’s First Penis Transplant At MGH
May 16, 2016
The patient is 64-year-old Thomas Manning from the South Shore town of Halifax.
Why To Exercise Today: Study Finds Fitness May Protect Against Harm Of Sitting
May 06, 2016
Research has suggested that exercise does not offset the potential health harms of prolonged sitting, but a new Norwegian study suggests that exercise is in fact protective — if you do it hard enough to improve your fitness level.
Harvard Study: Shopping For Health Care Fails To Lower Costs
May 03, 2016
A new Harvard study finds that, contrary to hopes and expectations, helping people shop for health care does not bring down costs — in fact, shopping may even lead people to spend slightly more.
Weight Gain, Heart Disease, Back Pain: Longer Car Commutes May Harm Your Health
April 28, 2016
After she started a job with an hour-plus commute, a Boston-area woman gained 40 pounds and got back pain and high blood pressure. She’s a textbook case of the growing research on how long commutes can harm our health.
‘Genetic Superheroes’: Rare Exceptions Resist Mutations Thought To Be Disease Destiny
April 11, 2016
A new study suggests there are “genetic superheroes” — rare people whose genes suggest they should be sick or dead, but aren’t. An expert says we should be careful about acting on our genetic data, and we desperately need more research to match genes with medical records.
Lend Us Your Voice? Inspire Someone Else With Your Own Fitness Wisdom
April 08, 2016
Would you like to share some of your own fitness/exercise lessons to help and inspire others? Record a voice memo and send it to Carey Goldberg for a podcast now in development.
WBUR Asks: Want To Nominate Someone As Your Fitness Inspiration?
March 31, 2016
As WBUR begins to develop a fitness podcast, we’re inviting you to nominate someone you know as a “fitness inspiration” who could be featured in an episode or post.
Museum Of Science Transforms Lobby: Down With Granite, Up With Waterfall, Screens
March 07, 2016
Boston’s Museum of Science begins renovation on its huge lobby in what officials are calling the building’s most dramatic change since it was built in 1949.
Beware Uptick In Tickborne Diseases In Mass. — And We’re Not Just Talking About Lyme
July 13, 2015Lyme is not the only tickborne disease worth worrying about. There are several other diseases that, although less common than Lyme, can make people quite sick.
Lilac, Hemlock, Maple: How Climate Change Is Transforming New England Plant Life
March 26, 2015
The most thorough report yet on the state of New England plant life includes climate change as one of the threats the plants face; already, global warming has led to earlier bloom times for flowering plants like lilacs, and if current trends continue, in 50 years Massachusetts could have the climate of current-day Georgia.
Translation: Chechnya Leader Says Don’t Blame Us, Look To America
April 19, 2013Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov seems to be saying, “Don’t blame Chechnya.” He also points the finger at America. The text is translated from Russian.
Russian Media On Bombing Suspects: Childhood In Kyrgyzstan, Hints Of Extremism
April 19, 2013From the major Russian newspaper Izvestia: Izvestia has learned that the suspect in the Boston terrorist acts, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, did come to America from Makhachala.
Translation: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect’s Possible Social Media Page
April 19, 2013To all appearances, this image is a social media page created on V Kontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, early last year, and purports to belong to Djohar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
My Son, The Dragon Slayer: The Risks And Rewards Of Growing Up Gaming
January 24, 2013
What does it mean to grow up gaming? Critics warn that games may be addictive and lead to aggression. Supporters say that games may be the best educational tools ever.
How Much Lyme Disease Are We Living With?
June 28, 2012
It’s hard to tell exactly how much Lyme disease there is in Massachusetts, but an estimated 1 in 100 people get it each year in most areas.
In Lincoln, It’s Town Vs. Ticks
June 25, 2012
Lincoln is one of the richest towns in the U.S. But Lincoln’s wealth has provided no immunity to a disease that is spreading dramatically across Massachusetts: Lyme disease.
Resource List: Lyme Disease
June 25, 2012
A list of resources for more comprehensive information about Lyme disease.
Mass. Senate Unveils Health Care Financing Bill
May 09, 2012The Massachusetts Senate rolled out its proposal for health care cost control Wednesday. It follows a similar plan the House released Friday.