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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

Coming out of COVID featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Coming out of COVID

No equipment necessary featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

No equipment necessary

Choosing the right ED drug featured image

Men's Health

Choosing the right ED drug

Facts about fiber featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Facts about fiber

More people now eligible for lung cancer screening featured image

Cancer

More people now eligible for lung cancer screening

The weighty issue of weight loss featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The weighty issue of weight loss

Resistance bands: 3 great ways to build upper body strength featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Resistance bands: 3 great ways to build upper body strength

Happy trails: Take a hike, now featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Happy trails: Take a hike, now

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Diseases & Conditions

Natural remedies for hemorrhoids

3 easy ways to get active — right now featured image

Exercise and Fitness

3 easy ways to get active — right now

Stiff and achy in the mornings? How to fix that featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Stiff and achy in the mornings? How to fix that

Dreaming of a good night's rest featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Dreaming of a good night's rest

Don't let muscle mass go to waste featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Don't let muscle mass go to waste

7 strategies for partnering up with ED featured image

Men's Health

7 strategies for partnering up with ED

Coping With IBS featured image

Bladder & Bowel

Coping With IBS

6 all-natural sex tips for men featured image

Exercise and Fitness

6 all-natural sex tips for men

All rise now — just how fit are you? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

All rise now — just how fit are you?

Think running is not for you? Try this featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Think running is not for you? Try this

The BEEP program: Keep your balance featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The BEEP program: Keep your balance

Straight talk on planking featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Straight talk on planking

Feeling gassy — is it ever a cause for concern? featured image

Diet and nutrition

Feeling gassy — is it ever a cause for concern?

Headaches: What to know, when to worry featured image

Headache and migraine

Headaches: What to know, when to worry

Ease anxiety and stress: Take a (belly) breather featured image

Mind & Mood

Ease anxiety and stress: Take a (belly) breather

The rise of push-ups: A classic exercise that can help you get stronger featured image

Matthew Solan

The rise of push-ups: A classic exercise that can help you get stronger

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