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Matthew Solan

Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch

Matthew Solan is the 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 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

Early morning exercise may be the best time for weight loss featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Early morning exercise may be the best time for weight loss

Wrong-sized blood pressure cuff can throw off readings featured image

Staying Healthy

Wrong-sized blood pressure cuff can throw off readings

Try this: Look, snap, and connect for better memory recall featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Look, snap, and connect for better memory recall

Study links a sugar-heavy diet to a higher risk of kidney stones featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Study links a sugar-heavy diet to a higher risk of kidney stones

Simpler way to test for true penicillin allergy featured image

Staying Healthy

Simpler way to test for true penicillin allergy

Do more for your core featured image

Staying Healthy

Do more for your core

The book on erotica featured image

Mind & Mood

The book on erotica

Understanding new weight-loss drugs featured image

Staying Healthy

Understanding new weight-loss drugs

Check out your skin featured image

Staying Healthy

Check out your skin

Know your Big 3 heart numbers featured image

Heart Health

Know your Big 3 heart numbers

How much sleep do you actually need? featured image

Staying Healthy

How much sleep do you actually need?

Is online gambling harming you? featured image

Mind & Mood

Is online gambling harming you?

Focusing on six food groups may help prevent cardiovascular disease featured image

Staying Healthy

Focusing on six food groups may help prevent cardiovascular disease

Cardiorespiratory fitness may protect men from some cancers featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Cardiorespiratory fitness may protect men from some cancers

Testosterone therapy may be safe for men at risk for heart attack and stroke featured image

Men's Health

Testosterone therapy may be safe for men at risk for heart attack and stroke

Try this: Take a tactical breather featured image

Mind & Mood

Try this: Take a tactical breather

No bones about it featured image

Diseases & Conditions

No bones about it

Step up your running and walking workouts featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Step up your running and walking workouts

An inside look at body fat featured image

Men's Health

An inside look at body fat

Lending a helping hand featured image

Mind & Mood

Lending a helping hand

Overcoming heart health obstacles featured image

Heart Health

Overcoming heart health obstacles

Can you feel younger than your age? featured image

Staying Healthy

Can you feel younger than your age?

Weekly aerobic exercise may help reduce flu and pneumonia deaths featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Weekly aerobic exercise may help reduce flu and pneumonia deaths

FDA approves new over-the-counter gel for erectile dysfunction featured image

Men's Health

FDA approves new over-the-counter gel for erectile dysfunction

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