Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness
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Maureen Salamon
Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Maureen Salamon is executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. 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
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Diseases & Conditions
Decoding poor circulation
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Women's Health
Depression more likely during perimenopause than before or after
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Women's Health
Hormone therapy benefits outweigh risks for younger women
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Mind & Mood
Optimism may slow women's age‑related physical decline
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Cancer
Beyond tobacco: Lung cancer in nonsmokers
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Staying Healthy
Aiming for sound design
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Staying Healthy
Healthy vacation habits to continue all year
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Mind & Mood
What is Lewy body dementia?
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Staying Healthy
More than 2,200 steps a day might help you live longer
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Diseases & Conditions
Regularly adding salt to meals may raise odds of kidney disease
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Heart Health
Cardiovascular risks soar among daily cannabis users
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Diseases & Conditions
Dizziness demystified
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Women's Health
Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection?
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Nutrition
Feeding your fitness
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Women's Health
A.I.'s promise for women's health
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Women's Health
The lowdown on vaginal TLC
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Staying Healthy
Rethinking your morning coffee
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Mind & Mood
Mediterranean diet may help ease depression
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Women's Health
Polycystic ovary syndrome linked with cognitive decline at midlife
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Women's Health
Migraines plus early menopause symptoms may add up to cardiovascular risks
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Mind & Mood
Turning resolutions into reinvention
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Diseases & Conditions
New allergies in adulthood
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Staying Healthy
Salmonella is sneaky: Watch out
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Staying Healthy
Have you exfoliated lately?
Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
![blog image 1](https://domf5oio6qrcr.cloudfront.net/medialibrary/15415/conversions/2acee670-1e43-413e-a07b-437512d22803-micro.jpg)
Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness