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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

You don't say? The yarn on yawning featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? The yarn on yawning

Thinking of trying Dry January? Steps for success featured image

Staying Healthy

Thinking of trying Dry January? Steps for success

Treating low vitamin D levels may help people live longer featured image

Staying Healthy

Treating low vitamin D levels may help people live longer

A plant-based diet may protect against prostate cancer and ED featured image

Men's Health

A plant-based diet may protect against prostate cancer and ED

Managing memory slip-ups featured image

Mind & Mood

Managing memory slip-ups

The senior's guide to dental care featured image

Staying Healthy

The senior's guide to dental care

You don't say? Can your bladder burst from

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Can your bladder burst from "holding it" too long?

Eye diseases linked to a higher risk of dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

Eye diseases linked to a higher risk of dementia

Don't fail your heart health featured image

Heart Health

Don't fail your heart health

Answers to prostate cancer questions featured image

Men's Health

Answers to prostate cancer questions

Fitness advice from super seniors featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Fitness advice from super seniors

Tinnitus: Ringing or humming in your ears? Sound therapy is one option featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Tinnitus: Ringing or humming in your ears? Sound therapy is one option

Vaccination still recommended after a shingles infection featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Vaccination still recommended after a shingles infection

A single-session class offers chronic low back pain relief featured image

Pain

A single-session class offers chronic low back pain relief

Skin in the game: Common skin problems and solutions for men featured image

Men's Health

Skin in the game: Common skin problems and solutions for men

You don't say? Why does your nose run in cold weather? featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Why does your nose run in cold weather?

Exercise may slow prostate cancer growth featured image

Men's Health

Exercise may slow prostate cancer growth

Smarter food shopping featured image

Staying Healthy

Smarter food shopping

What’s new in diabetes drugs featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What’s new in diabetes drugs

Take a breather featured image

Mind & Mood

Take a breather

Tough to swallow featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Tough to swallow

Working out your brain featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Working out your brain

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections

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