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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

Jump-start a healthier New Year with four holiday eating tips featured image

Diet and nutrition

Jump-start a healthier New Year with four holiday eating tips

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

Poor physical function may predict cardiovascular disease featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Poor physical function may predict cardiovascular disease

Gout linked with risk for heart attack and stroke featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Gout linked with risk for heart attack and stroke

You don't say? Myths about teeth featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Myths about teeth

Can supplements improve your prostate health? featured image

Men's Health

Can supplements improve your prostate health?

Fabulous fiber featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Fabulous fiber

The inside story on pacemakers featured image

Heart Health

The inside story on pacemakers

The real power of placebos featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The real power of placebos

Don't be the fall guy featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Don't be the fall guy

Should you get an over-the-counter hearing aid? featured image

Staying Healthy

Should you get an over-the-counter hearing aid?

Building a

Mind & Mood

Building a "cognitive reserve" offers brain protection in old age

Rethinking cardio exercise featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Rethinking cardio exercise

You don't say? A matter of taste featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? A matter of taste

Cutting back on ultra-processed foods linked with lower dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Cutting back on ultra-processed foods linked with lower dementia risk

Tracking blood pressure at home featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Tracking blood pressure at home

Taking it slow featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Taking it slow

Drug-free solutions for pain featured image

Pain

Drug-free solutions for pain

Physical therapy as good as surgery for healing knee meniscal tears featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Physical therapy as good as surgery for healing knee meniscal tears

The latest in cancer treatments featured image

Cancer

The latest in cancer treatments

Heart health guidelines get updated featured image

Heart Health

Heart health guidelines get updated

Certain medications are better than others for managing spine pain featured image

Pain

Certain medications are better than others for managing spine pain

The rundown on diarrhea featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The rundown on diarrhea

Natural ways to boost energy featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Natural ways to boost energy

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