Counting steps is good — is combining steps and heart rate better?
Appendix pain: Could it be appendicitis?
Can saw palmetto treat an enlarged prostate?
How does Ozempic work? Understanding GLP-1s for diabetes, weight loss, and beyond
Zinc: What it does for the body, and the best food sources
Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
Tips to leverage neuroplasticity to maintain cognitive fitness as you age
Can white noise really help you sleep better?
Celiac disease: Exploring four myths
What is prostatitis and how is it treated?
Maureen Salamon
Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Maureen Salamon is executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and later covered health and medicine for a wide variety of websites, magazines, and hospitals. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN.com, WebMD, Medscape and HealthDay, among other major outlets. Maureen earned a BA in print journalism from Penn State University.
Posts by Maureen Salamon
Staying Healthy
Counting steps or exercise minutes both work to promote health
Diseases & Conditions
Can't shake that cough?
Mind & Mood
Beyond bereavement
Mind & Mood
Want a calmer brain? Try this
Staying Healthy
Color-changing eye drops: Are they safe?
Mind & Mood
Chronic loneliness may raise stroke risk
Pain
Regular walking can hamper low back pain recurrence
Diseases & Conditions
Restless legs syndrome on the radar
Mind & Mood
Gratitude may help you live longer
Mind & Mood
Depression's cognitive cost
Staying Healthy
Medication perils
Staying Healthy
Overdue for a check-up?
Mind & Mood
Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives
Mind & Mood
Doomscrolling dangers
Staying Healthy
Mediterranean diet may help you live longer
Mind & Mood
Subtle cognitive decline foreshadows older adults' end of driving
Staying Healthy
Tattoos may raise lymphoma risks
Mind & Mood
Music as medicine
Women's Health
Menopause supplements: Effective relief or empty promises?
Staying Healthy
Physical therapy: Myths vs. reality
Mind & Mood
Weighing in on weight gain from antidepressants
Diseases & Conditions
Decoding poor circulation
Women's Health
Depression more likely during perimenopause than before or after
Women's Health
Hormone therapy benefits outweigh risks for younger women
Counting steps is good — is combining steps and heart rate better?
Appendix pain: Could it be appendicitis?
Can saw palmetto treat an enlarged prostate?
How does Ozempic work? Understanding GLP-1s for diabetes, weight loss, and beyond
Zinc: What it does for the body, and the best food sources
Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
Tips to leverage neuroplasticity to maintain cognitive fitness as you age
Can white noise really help you sleep better?
Celiac disease: Exploring four myths
What is prostatitis and how is it treated?
