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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

Sleeping apart: Good for your sex life? featured image

Staying Healthy

Sleeping apart: Good for your sex life?

Take a Nordic walk featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Take a Nordic walk

Drugs for Alzheimer's disease featured image

Mind & Mood

Drugs for Alzheimer's disease

10 habits for good health featured image

Staying Healthy

10 habits for good health

Combining electronic cigarettes and counseling helps more smokers quit featured image

Staying Healthy

Combining electronic cigarettes and counseling helps more smokers quit

Erectile dysfunction drugs linked to lower Alzheimer's disease risk featured image

Men's Health

Erectile dysfunction drugs linked to lower Alzheimer's disease risk

Certain exercises may offer effective treatment for depression featured image

Mind & Mood

Certain exercises may offer effective treatment for depression

Try this: Band practice featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Try this: Band practice

Caring for your kidneys featured image

Staying Healthy

Caring for your kidneys

How to recognize the signs of mental health issues featured image

Mind & Mood

How to recognize the signs of mental health issues

Weighing the dangers of extra weight featured image

Staying Healthy

Weighing the dangers of extra weight

Three eye diseases linked to a higher risk of falls featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Three eye diseases linked to a higher risk of falls

Two-dose shingles vaccine is still highly effective after four years featured image

Staying Healthy

Two-dose shingles vaccine is still highly effective after four years

Appropriate use of testosterone therapy does not appear to raise prostate cancer risk featured image

Men's Health

Appropriate use of testosterone therapy does not appear to raise prostate cancer risk

Try this: Balancing act featured image

Staying Healthy

Try this: Balancing act

Get ready for allergy season featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Get ready for allergy season

Seeking help for orgasm problems featured image

Men's Health

Seeking help for orgasm problems

How to shop for healthier foods featured image

Nutrition

How to shop for healthier foods

An inside look at aortic stenosis featured image

Heart Health

An inside look at aortic stenosis

Are you eating enough protein? featured image

Nutrition

Are you eating enough protein?

Hitting the activity mark featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Hitting the activity mark

Regular exercise improves brain regions linked with memory featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Regular exercise improves brain regions linked with memory

Toothbrushing can be a literal lifesaver in the hospital featured image

Staying Healthy

Toothbrushing can be a literal lifesaver in the hospital

Aerobic activity may work as well as medication for helping erectile dysfunction featured image

Men's Health

Aerobic activity may work as well as medication for helping erectile dysfunction

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