Recent Blog Articles
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
Your amazing parathyroid glands
When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer?
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
Nutrition
Jump-start a healthier New Year with four holiday eating tips
Staying Healthy
Muscle pain in statin users is probably not caused by the drug
Staying Healthy
Poor physical function may predict cardiovascular disease
Diseases & Conditions
Gout linked with risk for heart attack and stroke
Staying Healthy
You don't say? Myths about teeth
Men's Health
Can supplements improve your prostate health?
Staying Healthy
Fabulous fiber
Heart Health
The inside story on pacemakers
Staying Healthy
The real power of placebos
Staying Healthy
Don't be the fall guy
Staying Healthy
Should you get an over-the-counter hearing aid?
Mind & Mood
Building a "cognitive reserve" offers brain protection in old age
Exercise & Fitness
Rethinking cardio exercise
Staying Healthy
You don't say? A matter of taste
Mind & Mood
Cutting back on ultra-processed foods linked with lower dementia risk
Staying Healthy
Physical therapy as good as surgery for healing knee meniscal tears
Cancer
The latest in cancer treatments
Staying Healthy
Tracking blood pressure at home
Staying Healthy
Taking it slow
Pain
Drug-free solutions for pain
Staying Healthy
You don't say? Is there anything right about being left-handed?
Diseases & Conditions
Enhanced flu vaccine suggested for older adults
Heart Health
Heart health guidelines get updated
Pain
Certain medications are better than others for managing spine pain
Recent Blog Articles
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
Your amazing parathyroid glands
When — and how — should you be screened for colon cancer?