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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

Popular no-calorie sweetener may increase hunger featured image

Nutrition

Popular no-calorie sweetener may increase hunger

New ultrasound technique shows promise as an alternative to MRI for guiding prostate biopsies featured image

Men's Health

New ultrasound technique shows promise as an alternative to MRI for guiding prostate biopsies

Weight training may protect the brain from cognitive decline featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Weight training may protect the brain from cognitive decline

Sleeping better when you have pain featured image

Pain

Sleeping better when you have pain

Do you have metabolic syndrome? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Do you have metabolic syndrome?

Try this: Laughter yoga is nothing to joke about featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Try this: Laughter yoga is nothing to joke about

How to fill out a “flat” behind featured image

Staying Healthy

How to fill out a “flat” behind

Finding advanced prostate cancers featured image

Men's Health

Finding advanced prostate cancers

Substituting plant oils for butter can lead to better health featured image

Staying Healthy

Substituting plant oils for butter can lead to better health

Morning blue light therapy may offer many benefits for older adults featured image

Staying Healthy

Morning blue light therapy may offer many benefits for older adults

High temperatures may make natural mosquito repellents less effective featured image

Staying Healthy

High temperatures may make natural mosquito repellents less effective

Try this: Soothe those dry eyes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Try this: Soothe those dry eyes

Feeling the heat featured image

Staying Healthy

Feeling the heat

How to avoid catastrophic thinking featured image

Mind & Mood

How to avoid catastrophic thinking

Get a lift from resistance training featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Get a lift from resistance training

Wake-up to managing poor sleep featured image

Staying Healthy

Wake-up to managing poor sleep

Is your heart ready for sex? featured image

Men's Health

Is your heart ready for sex?

Last call for alcohol? featured image

Staying Healthy

Last call for alcohol?

The pain of muscle strains featured image

Pain

The pain of muscle strains

An introvert's guide to socializing featured image

Staying Healthy

An introvert's guide to socializing

Reflecting on your remaining days featured image

Staying Healthy

Reflecting on your remaining days

Treating high blood pressure may help lower risk of cognitive decline featured image

Heart Health

Treating high blood pressure may help lower risk of cognitive decline

Heart Health

"Fatty" muscles may point to a higher risk of heart disease

Research highlights health benefits from cold-water immersions featured image

Staying Healthy

Research highlights health benefits from cold-water immersions

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