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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

Are you headed for a fall? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Are you headed for a fall?

A simple way to look at sugar featured image

Diet and nutrition

A simple way to look at sugar

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

Eating too much processed red meat may increase dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Eating too much processed red meat may increase dementia risk

High levels of visceral fat may predict Alzheimer's featured image

Mind & Mood

High levels of visceral fat may predict Alzheimer's

Treating advanced prostate cancer featured image

Men's Health

Treating advanced prostate cancer

Investigating memory loss featured image

Mind & Mood

Investigating memory loss

Tips for a high-quality, longer life featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Tips for a high-quality, longer life

Intensive lowering of blood pressure may protect people with type 2 diabetes from heart disease featured image

Heart Health

Intensive lowering of blood pressure may protect people with type 2 diabetes from heart disease

Boosting share of protein from plants in diet may lower heart disease risk featured image

Heart Health

Boosting share of protein from plants in diet may lower heart disease risk

One chair, four moves featured image

Exercise and Fitness

One chair, four moves

Try this: Put on some weight featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Try this: Put on some weight

Dealing with the grief of physical decline featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Dealing with the grief of physical decline

Mediterranean diets lower blood sugar levels and slow brain shrinkage featured image

Mind & Mood

Mediterranean diets lower blood sugar levels and slow brain shrinkage

Less sitting, more vigorous exercise can help lower blood pressure featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Less sitting, more vigorous exercise can help lower blood pressure

Dogs and owners share emotional and physiological changes featured image

Heart Health

Dogs and owners share emotional and physiological changes

Try this: The

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: The "old man" test

Nondrug approaches to improve erectile function featured image

Men's Health

Nondrug approaches to improve erectile function

Cold comfort featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Cold comfort

Hands-on approach to cardiac arrest featured image

Heart Health

Hands-on approach to cardiac arrest

Weighing protein powders featured image

Diet and nutrition

Weighing protein powders

Letting the air out featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Letting the air out

Take time to stretch featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Take time to stretch

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