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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

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage featured image

Staying Healthy

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage

Tune in to better video workouts featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Tune in to better video workouts

You don’t say? The many colors of urine featured image

Staying Healthy

You don’t say? The many colors of urine

Adding 10 extra minutes of daily activity linked to a longer life featured image

Staying Healthy

Adding 10 extra minutes of daily activity linked to a longer life

Do you need aspirin therapy? featured image

Staying Healthy

Do you need aspirin therapy?

Learning to right a wrong featured image

Mind & Mood

Learning to right a wrong

Radiation for prostate cancer featured image

Men's Health

Radiation for prostate cancer

Power your paddle sports with three great exercises featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Power your paddle sports with three great exercises

Eating more olive oil linked to longer life span featured image

Staying Healthy

Eating more olive oil linked to longer life span

High levels of proteins may explain how exercise boosts the brain featured image

Exercise & Fitness

High levels of proteins may explain how exercise boosts the brain

Don’t waste time (or money) on dietary supplements featured image

Staying Healthy

Don’t waste time (or money) on dietary supplements

You don’t say? Earwax: Stay or go? featured image

Staying Healthy

You don’t say? Earwax: Stay or go?

Unique blood test may offer a speedier cancer diagnosis featured image

Cancer

Unique blood test may offer a speedier cancer diagnosis

A look at diastolic blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

A look at diastolic blood pressure

Feeling the burn of acid reflux featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Feeling the burn of acid reflux

The worst habits for your brain featured image

Mind & Mood

The worst habits for your brain

A healthier way to look at body fat featured image

Staying Healthy

A healthier way to look at body fat

The plant milk shake-up: Pea and pistachio join oat and almond featured image

Nutrition

The plant milk shake-up: Pea and pistachio join oat and almond

Warming up to the cold: Staying active in any weather featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Warming up to the cold: Staying active in any weather

Erectile dysfunction drug may lower Alzheimer’s risk featured image

Men's Health

Erectile dysfunction drug may lower Alzheimer’s risk

High blood pressure? Certain drugs may compound the problem featured image

Staying Healthy

High blood pressure? Certain drugs may compound the problem

You don't say? Excuse me, but should you squelch your belch? featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Excuse me, but should you squelch your belch?

Working around health issues and sex featured image

Men's Health

Working around health issues and sex

Saturated fat eaten in the short term might not threaten heart health featured image

Heart Health

Saturated fat eaten in the short term might not threaten heart health

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