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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

Why you should try ellipticals featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Why you should try ellipticals

A fresh approach to cardio exercises featured image

Exercise and Fitness

A fresh approach to cardio exercises

How to feed your gut featured image

Diet and nutrition

How to feed your gut

How to prep for a successful colonoscopy featured image

Digestive Health

How to prep for a successful colonoscopy

Several risk factors in midlife may lead to dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

Several risk factors in midlife may lead to dementia

Intensive care patients are at high risk for falls and injuries when they return home featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Intensive care patients are at high risk for falls and injuries when they return home

Eggs have less effect than saturated fats on cholesterol levels featured image

Diet and nutrition

Eggs have less effect than saturated fats on cholesterol levels

The need for walking speed featured image

Exercise and Fitness

The need for walking speed

Try this: Light therapy featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Light therapy

Advancing age and mental health disorders featured image

Mind & Mood

Advancing age and mental health disorders

What to do about pain

Pain

What to do about pain "down there"?

How to get rid of belly fat featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

How to get rid of belly fat

Prostate cancer diagnoses on the rise, says study featured image

Men's Health

Prostate cancer diagnoses on the rise, says study

The many benefits of the

Exercise and Fitness

The many benefits of the "dead bug"

Fitness apps may provide long-term motivation to stay active featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Fitness apps may provide long-term motivation to stay active

Maintaining a sense of purpose in later life may protect against dementia featured image

Brain health

Maintaining a sense of purpose in later life may protect against dementia

Chronic insomnia may raise the risk of cognitive decline featured image

Brain health

Chronic insomnia may raise the risk of cognitive decline

Urine and your health featured image

Kidney and urinary health

Urine and your health

Battle of the bulge featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Battle of the bulge

Exercising 150 minutes per week could help reverse prediabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Exercising 150 minutes per week could help reverse prediabetes

Managing chronic back pain featured image

Pain

Managing chronic back pain

Plant-based diets may help lower the risk of chronic constipation featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Plant-based diets may help lower the risk of chronic constipation

Lessons from women on longevity featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Lessons from women on longevity

What can you do to maintain exercise motivation? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

What can you do to maintain exercise motivation?

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