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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

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

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Healthy aging and longevity

Lessons from women on longevity

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Exercise and Fitness

What can you do to maintain exercise motivation?

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Diseases & Conditions

A look at nail problems

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Exercise and Fitness

Timing and consistency of activity linked to better fitness

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Healthy aging and longevity

Eating diverse flavonoid foods may provide extra health protection

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Exercise and Fitness

Power play

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Exercise and Fitness

Try this: Warm-up for walking and running

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Heart Health

When should you worry about abnormal heartbeats?

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Healthy aging and longevity

Living in the Blue Zone

Analysis highlights best treatments for neuropathic pain featured image

Pain

Analysis highlights best treatments for neuropathic pain

Daily vitamin D supplements may help slow aging featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Daily vitamin D supplements may help slow aging

The complex story of HDL cholesterol featured image

Heart Health

The complex story of HDL cholesterol

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Exercise and Fitness

Coming full circle

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Healthy aging and longevity

Working during retirement years

Try this: Hydration packs featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Hydration packs

Letting the air out of bloating featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Letting the air out of bloating

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Diseases & Conditions

Raising potassium intake might lower high blood pressure

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Diseases & Conditions

Diabetes and obesity drug shows promise for fatty liver disease

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Pain

Sleeping better when you have pain

Weight training may protect the brain from cognitive decline featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Weight training may protect the brain from cognitive decline

New ultrasound technique shows promise as an alternative to MRI for guiding prostate biopsies featured image

Men's Health

New ultrasound technique shows promise as an alternative to MRI for guiding prostate biopsies

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Diet and nutrition

Popular no-calorie sweetener may increase hunger

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Exercise and Fitness

Try this: Laughter yoga is nothing to joke about

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