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Lisa Lombardi

location-pin New York, New York

School: Yale University, BA, English

Expertise: As the former executive editor of Health.com for a decade, Lisa has extensive experience covering health and wellness topics, with an emphasis on women’s health, fitness, and lifestyle content.

Lisa Lombardi

  • Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in digital and print media, focusing on health, wellness, relationships, and parenting. 
  • She was the executive editor at Health.com for nearly ten years. 
  • Lisa is the co-author of the women’s health guide What the Yuck?! The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body.

Experience

Lisa is a writer and editor with more than two decades of experience covering health, wellness, and lifestyle trends. In addition to The Healthy, she has contributed to the Washington Post, TIME, Health, Real Simple, Buy Side From WSJ, Women's Health, Glamour, Shape, Eating Well, and more. Lisa also co-authored the women’s health guide What the Yuck?! The Freaky & Fabulous Truth About Your Body.

Education

Yale University, BA, English

Articles

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This Is Why Some People Are Ticklish—and Others Aren’t

This is the weird science of tickling, being tickled, why some people are ticklish, and why you can't tickle yourself.
Elderly woman suffering from pain, numbness or weakness in hands. Causes of hurt include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, peripheral neuropathy, lupus or Raynaud’s phenomenon. Health care.

10 Things Doctors Wish You Knew About Ganglion Cysts

If a lump pops up on your wrist, it could be a ganglion cyst. Here is what ganglion cysts look like and how to get rid of them for good.
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13 Common First Aid Mistakes Everyone Makes

From what not to do if you get a nosebleed to old wives' tales that make a burn worse, these are the first aid mistakes ER doctors want you to avoid.