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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

Babesiosis: A tick-borne illness on the rise featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Babesiosis: A tick-borne illness on the rise

Which antidepressants are best for treating chronic pain? featured image

Pain

Which antidepressants are best for treating chronic pain?

Short-term stroke symptoms still need emergency care featured image

Heart Health

Short-term stroke symptoms still need emergency care

Activity-related sudden cardiac arrest rare in older adults featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Activity-related sudden cardiac arrest rare in older adults

Try this: Roll with it featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Roll with it

Talking with your doctor about ED featured image

Men's Health

Talking with your doctor about ED

Stretching it out featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Stretching it out

Winning the skin game featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Winning the skin game

How to deal with grief featured image

Mind & Mood

How to deal with grief

6 natural ways to lower blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

6 natural ways to lower blood pressure

Some blood pressure drugs may lower dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Some blood pressure drugs may lower dementia risk

A combination of healthy diets linked with longer life featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A combination of healthy diets linked with longer life

Walking breaks counter the effects of sitting featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Walking breaks counter the effects of sitting

Try this: The nose knows about nasal rinses featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Try this: The nose knows about nasal rinses

The buddy system featured image

Mind & Mood

The buddy system

The weighty issue of heart disease featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The weighty issue of heart disease

Gearing up for electric bikes featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Gearing up for electric bikes

Can cannabis help relieve pain? featured image

Pain

Can cannabis help relieve pain?

Slowing down racing thoughts featured image

Mind & Mood

Slowing down racing thoughts

Vaccination may protect against long COVID featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Vaccination may protect against long COVID

A new calculation tool may help predict men's prostate cancer risk featured image

Men's Health

A new calculation tool may help predict men's prostate cancer risk

Adding yoga to aerobic exercise may help lower high blood pressure featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Adding yoga to aerobic exercise may help lower high blood pressure

Try this: Take a seat featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Take a seat

The skinny on fatty liver featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The skinny on fatty liver

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