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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

Try this: Laughter yoga is nothing to joke about featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Try this: Laughter yoga is nothing to joke about

How to fill out a

Healthy aging and longevity

How to fill out a "flat" behind

Finding advanced prostate cancers featured image

Men's Health

Finding advanced prostate cancers

Is your heart ready for sex? featured image

Men's Health

Is your heart ready for sex?

Wake-up to managing poor sleep featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Wake-up to managing poor sleep

Get a lift from resistance training featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Get a lift from resistance training

How to avoid catastrophic thinking featured image

Mind & Mood

How to avoid catastrophic thinking

Feeling the heat featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Feeling the heat

Try this: Soothe those dry eyes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Try this: Soothe those dry eyes

High temperatures may make natural mosquito repellents less effective featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

High temperatures may make natural mosquito repellents less effective

Morning blue light therapy may offer many benefits for older adults featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Morning blue light therapy may offer many benefits for older adults

Substituting plant oils for butter can lead to better health featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Substituting plant oils for butter can lead to better health

Treating high blood pressure may help lower risk of cognitive decline featured image

Heart Health

Treating high blood pressure may help lower risk of cognitive decline

Last call for alcohol? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Last call for alcohol?

The pain of muscle strains featured image

Pain

The pain of muscle strains

An introvert's guide to socializing featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

An introvert's guide to socializing

Reflecting on your remaining days featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Reflecting on your remaining days

Heart Health

"Fatty" muscles may point to a higher risk of heart disease

Is your walking up to speed? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Is your walking up to speed?

Try this: Dealing with bedtime backaches featured image

Men's Health

Try this: Dealing with bedtime backaches

Research highlights health benefits from cold-water immersions featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Research highlights health benefits from cold-water immersions

Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for many hours featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for many hours

Over-the-counter pills better than opioids after dental surgery featured image

Pain

Over-the-counter pills better than opioids after dental surgery

A simple way to look at sugar featured image

Diet and nutrition

A simple way to look at sugar

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