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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

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Healthy aging and longevity

Healthy feet, happy life

The ABCs of atrial fibrillation featured image

Heart Health

The ABCs of atrial fibrillation

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Healthy aging and longevity

The big sleep problems

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Diseases & Conditions

Injections for knee osteoarthritis might not cause damage

You don't say? Does that tickle? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

You don't say? Does that tickle?

Answers to questions about long COVID featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Answers to questions about long COVID

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Healthy aging and longevity

Acetaminophen might worsen high blood pressure

You don't say? Cracking the code featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Cracking the code

A high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

A high-fiber diet may reduce the risk of dementia

How cardiology experts fight heart disease featured image

Heart Health

How cardiology experts fight heart disease

Taking the air out of bloating featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Taking the air out of bloating

Lowering the volume of tinnitus featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Lowering the volume of tinnitus

Take a cue for better memory recall featured image

Mind & Mood

Take a cue for better memory recall

Ready, set, hike! featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Ready, set, hike!

New recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination featured image

Diseases & Conditions

New recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination

Strong legs help power summer activities: Hiking, biking, swimming, and more featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Strong legs help power summer activities: Hiking, biking, swimming, and more

Tune in to better video workouts featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Tune in to better video workouts

A look at psoriasis featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A look at psoriasis

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Take melatonin supplements for sleep? Check your dosage

Do you need aspirin therapy? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Do you need aspirin therapy?

Learning to right a wrong featured image

Mind & Mood

Learning to right a wrong

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Men's Health

Radiation for prostate cancer

New details about loneliness and dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

New details about loneliness and dementia risk

You don’t say? The many colors of urine featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don’t say? The many colors of urine

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