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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

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

Overcoming shoulder pain featured image

Pain

Overcoming shoulder pain

Try this: Give your hands a hand featured image

Staying Healthy

Try this: Give your hands a hand

The right shoe for walking and running featured image

Staying Healthy

The right shoe for walking and running

Overcoming bedroom barriers featured image

Men's Health

Overcoming bedroom barriers

Antidepressant may help manage irritable bowel syndrome symptoms featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Antidepressant may help manage irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

Strength training tied to smaller risk of knee osteoarthritis and pain later in life featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Strength training tied to smaller risk of knee osteoarthritis and pain later in life

Reducing sodium can help most people lower their blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

Reducing sodium can help most people lower their blood pressure

Try this: Get jumping with plyometrics featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Try this: Get jumping with plyometrics

Rinse, brush, floss, scrape, and repeat featured image

Staying Healthy

Rinse, brush, floss, scrape, and repeat

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