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Matthew Solan

Former Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch

Matthew Solan is the former 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’s 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

Time for your annual health review featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Time for your annual health review

How healthy is sugar alcohol? featured image

Diet and nutrition

How healthy is sugar alcohol?

Small pets are delightful, but some carry dangerous bacteria featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Small pets are delightful, but some carry dangerous bacteria

Early morning exercise may be the best time for weight loss featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Early morning exercise may be the best time for weight loss

Several factors may cause testosterone levels to drop featured image

Men's Health

Several factors may cause testosterone levels to drop

Try this: Progressive muscle relaxation for sleep featured image

Staying Healthy

Try this: Progressive muscle relaxation for sleep

Stay safe playing pickleball featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Stay safe playing pickleball

A cure for the wintertime blues? featured image

Mind & Mood

A cure for the wintertime blues?

Can weight loss slow prostate cancer? featured image

Men's Health

Can weight loss slow prostate cancer?

Eating for heart health featured image

Heart Health

Eating for heart health

Sitting many hours per day linked to higher dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Sitting many hours per day linked to higher dementia risk

Managing back pain featured image

Pain

Managing back pain

Do more for your core featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Do more for your core

Wrong-sized blood pressure cuff can throw off readings featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Wrong-sized blood pressure cuff can throw off readings

Try this: Look, snap, and connect for better memory recall featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Look, snap, and connect for better memory recall

Study links a sugar-heavy diet to a higher risk of kidney stones featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Study links a sugar-heavy diet to a higher risk of kidney stones

Simpler way to test for true penicillin allergy featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Simpler way to test for true penicillin allergy

The book on erotica featured image

Mind & Mood

The book on erotica

Know your Big 3 heart numbers featured image

Heart Health

Know your Big 3 heart numbers

Check out your skin featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Check out your skin

Understanding new weight-loss drugs featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Understanding new weight-loss drugs

How much sleep do you actually need? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

How much sleep do you actually need?

Is online gambling harming you? featured image

Mind & Mood

Is online gambling harming you?

Try this: Take a tactical breather featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Take a tactical breather

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