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Maureen Salamon

Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch

Maureen Salamon is the executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. She also writes for the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Heart Letter, and Harvard Men’s Health Watch, as well as for Harvard Health Publishing’s flagship website. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and later covered health and medicine for a wide variety of websites, magazines, and hospitals. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN.com, WebMD, Medscape, and HealthDay, among other major outlets. Maureen earned a BA in print journalism from Penn State University.

Posts by Maureen Salamon

People who stop weight-loss drugs may gain back weight and lose heart benefits featured image

Diet and nutrition

People who stop weight-loss drugs may gain back weight and lose heart benefits

Losing a pet can trigger grief as intense as human loss featured image

Brain health

Losing a pet can trigger grief as intense as human loss

Cervical dystonia: A challenging neck condition featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Cervical dystonia: A challenging neck condition

How the gut-brain connection influences mood featured image

Brain health

How the gut-brain connection influences mood

Telltale signs of vaginal infections featured image

Women's Health

Telltale signs of vaginal infections

Urgent care vs. emergency room: What’s the right choice? featured image

article

Urgent care vs. emergency room: What’s the right choice?

Insulin resistance in women and why it rises after 50 featured image

Women's Health

Insulin resistance in women and why it rises after 50

How to spot Parkinson’s disease symptoms featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How to spot Parkinson’s disease symptoms

What are somatic workouts? featured image

Exercise & Fitness

What are somatic workouts?

Heart failure symptoms in women: How they’re different featured image

Women's Health

Heart failure symptoms in women: How they’re different

How to curb your stress eating featured image

Mind & Mood

How to curb your stress eating

Everyday habits that sneakily weaken your bones featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Everyday habits that sneakily weaken your bones

Strong is the new skinny featured image

Women's Health

Strong is the new skinny

Is there a way to keep cold sores from coming back? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is there a way to keep cold sores from coming back?

Speaking multiple languages may promote healthy aging featured image

Mind & Mood

Speaking multiple languages may promote healthy aging

Why do my lips seem thinner than they used to be? featured image

Staying Healthy

Why do my lips seem thinner than they used to be?

Risk-based breast screenings as effective as annual mammograms featured image

Women's Health

Risk-based breast screenings as effective as annual mammograms

Reproductive factors may raise women’s osteoporosis risk featured image

Women's Health

Reproductive factors may raise women’s osteoporosis risk

Antibiotic-free fixes for recurrent UTIs featured image

Women's Health

Antibiotic-free fixes for recurrent UTIs

The 7 types of rest and why we need them all featured image

Mind & Mood

The 7 types of rest and why we need them all

When can older women stop getting mammograms? featured image

Women's Health

When can older women stop getting mammograms?

Musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause: When menopause makes you ache all over featured image

Women's Health

Musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause: When menopause makes you ache all over

Is your skin problem actually an autoimmune condition? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is your skin problem actually an autoimmune condition?

Women gain heart protection with far less exercise than men featured image

Heart Health

Women gain heart protection with far less exercise than men

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