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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

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

New guidelines released for vitamin D testing and supplementation featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

New guidelines released for vitamin D testing and supplementation

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

Play the dating game featured image

Men's Health

Play the dating game

The end of painful sitting featured image

Pain

The end of painful sitting

Can intermittent fasting help with weight loss? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Can intermittent fasting help with weight loss?

Unraveling dizziness featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Unraveling dizziness

Try this: Helping the medicine go down easier featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Helping the medicine go down easier

Cognitive benefits from high-intensity interval training may last for years featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Cognitive benefits from high-intensity interval training may last for years

Eating ultra-processed food may shorten life span among older adults featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Eating ultra-processed food may shorten life span among older adults

Erratic sleeping behavior may increase diabetes risk featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Erratic sleeping behavior may increase diabetes risk

What does it mean to have a heart attack? featured image

Heart Health

What does it mean to have a heart attack?

Body roundness may beat body mass for identifying risky fat featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Body roundness may beat body mass for identifying risky fat

Side effects after a COVID shot indicate it's working featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Side effects after a COVID shot indicate it's working

A healthy lifestyle late in life still offers benefits featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A healthy lifestyle late in life still offers benefits

Try this: Take it outside featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Take it outside

Choosing erectile dysfunction drugs featured image

Men's Health

Choosing erectile dysfunction drugs

The point of knee shots featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The point of knee shots

How to avoid heart failure featured image

Heart Health

How to avoid heart failure

Step up your walking routine featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Step up your walking routine

Cooling off heartburn featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Cooling off heartburn

The many roles of beta blockers featured image

Heart Health

The many roles of beta blockers

Low testosterone levels linked to shorter life span featured image

Men's Health

Low testosterone levels linked to shorter life span

Try this: Rajio taiso featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Try this: Rajio taiso

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