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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

Transperineal prostate biopsies linked with lower infection risk featured image

Men's Health

Transperineal prostate biopsies linked with lower infection risk

Under-the-radar heart risks featured image

Heart Health

Under-the-radar heart risks

Scrotum trouble featured image

Men's Health

Scrotum trouble

Clearing up a foggy memory featured image

Mind & Mood

Clearing up a foggy memory

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

Try this: Wash up featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Wash up

Three times as many people have atrial fibrillation than previously known featured image

Men's Health

Three times as many people have atrial fibrillation than previously known

Greater flexibility linked with longer lives featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Greater flexibility linked with longer lives

What's the right blood pressure? featured image

Heart Health

What's the right blood pressure?

Prostate cancer treatments: What you need to know featured image

Men's Health

Prostate cancer treatments: What you need to know

The latest on long COVID featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The latest on long COVID

Happy days featured image

Mind & Mood

Happy days

A test of strength featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A test of strength

Try this: Build a healthier sandwich featured image

Diet and nutrition

Try this: Build a healthier sandwich

10 minutes of daily mindfulness may help change your outlook about health improvements featured image

Mind & Mood

10 minutes of daily mindfulness may help change your outlook about health improvements

The facts on fiber featured image

Diet and nutrition

The facts on fiber

Try this: The ABCs of loosening stiff muscles featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: The ABCs of loosening stiff muscles

How to love the exercises you hate featured image

Exercise and Fitness

How to love the exercises you hate

Why you may need therapy featured image

Mind & Mood

Why you may need therapy

Keeping score of prostate cancer featured image

Men's Health

Keeping score of prostate cancer

Low-dose aspirin now the preferred agent to help prevent blood clots after knee replacement featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Low-dose aspirin now the preferred agent to help prevent blood clots after knee replacement

Eating more fruits and vegetables may prevent chronic kidney disease featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Eating more fruits and vegetables may prevent chronic kidney disease

New guidelines released for vitamin D testing and supplementation featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

New guidelines released for vitamin D testing and supplementation

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