
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions

What could be causing your blurry vision?

Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes

Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know

Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement

Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health

What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?

Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction

What happens during sleep — and how to improve it

How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?

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

Diseases & Conditions
COVID-19 vaccination may lower the risk for long COVID

Staying Healthy
Protect your eyes when playing pickleball

Exercise & Fitness
Try this: Get low with deep squats

Exercise & Fitness
3 kettlebell moves

Heart Health
How low should LDL cholesterol go?

Pain
The perception of pain

Men's Health
Time to stop active surveillance?

Diseases & Conditions
Dupuytren's contracture of the hand

Staying Healthy
Sleeping apart: Good for your sex life?

Exercise & Fitness
Take a Nordic walk

Mind & Mood
Drugs for Alzheimer's disease

Staying Healthy
10 habits for good health

Staying Healthy
Combining electronic cigarettes and counseling helps more smokers quit

Men's Health
Erectile dysfunction drugs linked to lower Alzheimer's disease risk

Mind & Mood
Certain exercises may offer effective treatment for depression

Exercise & Fitness
Try this: Band practice

Staying Healthy
Caring for your kidneys

Nutrition
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals

Mind & Mood
How to recognize the signs of mental health issues

Staying Healthy
Weighing the dangers of extra weight

Diseases & Conditions
Three eye diseases linked to a higher risk of falls

Staying Healthy
Two-dose shingles vaccine is still highly effective after four years

Men's Health
Appropriate use of testosterone therapy does not appear to raise prostate cancer risk

Staying Healthy
Try this: Balancing act

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions

What could be causing your blurry vision?

Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes

Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know

Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement

Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health

What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?

Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction

What happens during sleep — and how to improve it

How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?