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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

A closer look at good cholesterol featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A closer look at good cholesterol

Straight talk about Peyronie's disease featured image

Men's Health

Straight talk about Peyronie's disease

Taking up adaptive sports featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Taking up adaptive sports

The dark side of daylight saving time featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The dark side of daylight saving time

A mindful way to help manage type 2 diabetes? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A mindful way to help manage type 2 diabetes?

Don't buy into dietary supplements for heart health featured image

Heart Health

Don't buy into dietary supplements for heart health

It may not be too late to protect against dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

It may not be too late to protect against dementia

Short bursts of exercise may offer big health benefits featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Short bursts of exercise may offer big health benefits

Know your pain relievers featured image

Pain

Know your pain relievers

Healthy gut, healthy heart featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Healthy gut, healthy heart

How to identify anxiety disorders featured image

Mind & Mood

How to identify anxiety disorders

Guide to starting a strength training program featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Guide to starting a strength training program

You don't say? The smell of love featured image

Mind & Mood

You don't say? The smell of love

Do you pass the hearing test? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Do you pass the hearing test?

You don't say? Facts about flatulence featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Facts about flatulence

Prune juice for constipation? A new study says yes featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Prune juice for constipation? A new study says yes

Taking more steps a day might reduce dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Taking more steps a day might reduce dementia risk

Stopping pain before it turns chronic featured image

Pain

Stopping pain before it turns chronic

Sex and prostate health featured image

Men's Health

Sex and prostate health

Finding a higher meaning featured image

Mind & Mood

Finding a higher meaning

Protect yourself from cardiovascular disease featured image

Heart Health

Protect yourself from cardiovascular disease

Prolonged stress may increase the risk of death from cancer featured image

Cancer

Prolonged stress may increase the risk of death from cancer

Reviewing your wellness portfolio featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Reviewing your wellness portfolio

Muscle pain in statin users is probably not caused by the drug featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Muscle pain in statin users is probably not caused by the drug

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