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Matthew Solan

Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch

Matthew Solan is the executive editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. He previously served as executive editor for UCLA Health’s Healthy Years and as a contributor to Duke Medicine’s Health News and Weill Cornell Medical College’s Women Nutrition Connection and Women’s Health Advisor. Matthew’s articles on medicine, exercise science, and nutrition have appeared in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Runner’s World, and Yoga Journal. He earned a master of fine arts in writing from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor of science in journalism from the University of Florida.

Posts by Matthew Solan

Acetaminophen might worsen high blood pressure featured image

Staying Healthy

Acetaminophen might worsen high blood pressure

Ready, set, hike! featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Ready, set, hike!

You don't say? Cracking the code featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Cracking the code

A high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

A high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of dementia

New recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination featured image

Diseases & Conditions

New recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination

How cardiology experts fight heart disease featured image

Heart Health

How cardiology experts fight heart disease

Taking the air out of bloating featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Taking the air out of bloating

Lowering the volume of tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Lowering the volume of tinnitus

Take a cue for better memory recall featured image

Mind & Mood

Take a cue for better memory recall

Strong legs help power summer activities: Hiking, biking, swimming, and more featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Strong legs help power summer activities: Hiking, biking, swimming, and more

New details about loneliness and dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

New details about loneliness and dementia risk

Tune in to better video workouts featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Tune in to better video workouts

A look at psoriasis featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A look at psoriasis

Adding 10 extra minutes of daily activity linked to a longer life featured image

Staying Healthy

Adding 10 extra minutes of daily activity linked to a longer life

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage featured image

Staying Healthy

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage

Do you need aspirin therapy? featured image

Staying Healthy

Do you need aspirin therapy?

Learning to right a wrong featured image

Mind & Mood

Learning to right a wrong

Radiation for prostate cancer featured image

Men's Health

Radiation for prostate cancer

You don’t say? The many colors of urine featured image

Staying Healthy

You don’t say? The many colors of urine

Power your paddle sports with three great exercises featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Power your paddle sports with three great exercises

High levels of proteins may explain how exercise boosts the brain featured image

Exercise & Fitness

High levels of proteins may explain how exercise boosts the brain

Don't waste time (or money) on dietary supplements featured image

Staying Healthy

Don't waste time (or money) on dietary supplements

Eating more olive oil linked to longer life span featured image

Staying Healthy

Eating more olive oil linked to longer life span

Unique blood test may offer a speedier cancer diagnosis featured image

Cancer

Unique blood test may offer a speedier cancer diagnosis

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