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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

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

Screening for cognitive dysfunction featured image

Mind & Mood

Screening for cognitive dysfunction

Get a lift from body-weight workouts featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Get a lift from body-weight workouts

Your guide to taking statins featured image

Heart Health

Your guide to taking statins

You don't say? Is there anything right about being left-handed? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Is there anything right about being left-handed?

Enhanced flu vaccine suggested for older adults featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Enhanced flu vaccine suggested for older adults

Walking for exercise may prevent knee pain featured image

Pain

Walking for exercise may prevent knee pain

High-inflammatory diets linked with increased dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

High-inflammatory diets linked with increased dementia risk

A lower blood pressure goal benefits some older adults featured image

Heart Health

A lower blood pressure goal benefits some older adults

Is alcohol good for your heart? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Is alcohol good for your heart?

Punch up your fitness featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Punch up your fitness

Treatment for an enlarged prostate featured image

Men's Health

Treatment for an enlarged prostate

The mental powers of super-agers featured image

Mind & Mood

The mental powers of super-agers

You don't say? The scoop on ice cream headaches featured image

Diseases & Conditions

You don't say? The scoop on ice cream headaches

Getting the most from your remaining years featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Getting the most from your remaining years

Doing multiple types of activities improves cognitive health featured image

Mind & Mood

Doing multiple types of activities improves cognitive health

A new drug to treat heart failure featured image

Heart Health

A new drug to treat heart failure

Three moves for functional fitness featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Three moves for functional fitness

You don't say? Can your joints wear out? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Can your joints wear out?

Improving vision may help prevent dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

Improving vision may help prevent dementia

Hospitalized patients can bring home infections featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Hospitalized patients can bring home infections

The art of monotasking featured image

Mind & Mood

The art of monotasking

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