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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

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections

You don't say? Pointing a finger(nail) at your health featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

You don't say? Pointing a finger(nail) at your health

Drug therapy needs time to treat heart-related chest pain featured image

Pain

Drug therapy needs time to treat heart-related chest pain

Live long and prosper featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Live long and prosper

Master the stairs featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Master the stairs

Managing prostate cancer while you wait-and-see featured image

Men's Health

Managing prostate cancer while you wait-and-see

Casing the joints featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Casing the joints

Health and happiness go hand in hand featured image

Mind & Mood

Health and happiness go hand in hand

Evoking calm: Practicing mindfulness in daily life helps featured image

Mind & Mood

Evoking calm: Practicing mindfulness in daily life helps

Some blood pressure drugs are linked with better memory featured image

Mind & Mood

Some blood pressure drugs are linked with better memory

Frequent migraines? Eating fatty fish may offer comfort featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Frequent migraines? Eating fatty fish may offer comfort

Fitness with a function featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Fitness with a function

You don't say? Brain space featured image

Mind & Mood

You don't say? Brain space

Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in older adults featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Inflammatory bowel disease on the rise in older adults

Stuck in a brain fog? Look in your medicine cabinet featured image

Mind & Mood

Stuck in a brain fog? Look in your medicine cabinet

Do BMI numbers add up? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Do BMI numbers add up?

Prostate cancer and your diet featured image

Men's Health

Prostate cancer and your diet

Looking past blood pressure numbers featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Looking past blood pressure numbers

Easily distracted? Try meditation featured image

Mind & Mood

Easily distracted? Try meditation

Waking up one hour earlier than usual may reduce depression risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Waking up one hour earlier than usual may reduce depression risk

You don't say? Hair today, gone tomorrow featured image

Men's Health

You don't say? Hair today, gone tomorrow

Tai chi offers similar benefits as conventional exercise featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Tai chi offers similar benefits as conventional exercise

New ways to think about sex featured image

Men's Health

New ways to think about sex

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