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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

Salmonella is sneaky: Watch out featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Salmonella is sneaky: Watch out

Have you exfoliated lately? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Have you exfoliated lately?

Exercising with your spouse might add up to less movement featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Exercising with your spouse might add up to less movement

Yoga skepticism featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Yoga skepticism

Caregiving crisis featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Caregiving crisis

Be a bladder boss featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Be a bladder boss

The latest thinking on drinking featured image

Women's Health

The latest thinking on drinking

Noise exposure may raise risks of cardiovascular problems featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Noise exposure may raise risks of cardiovascular problems

Energy drinks before pregnancy may raise odds of high blood pressure while pregnant featured image

Women's Health

Energy drinks before pregnancy may raise odds of high blood pressure while pregnant

Co-regulation: Helping children and teens navigate big emotions featured image

Pediatric health

Co-regulation: Helping children and teens navigate big emotions

Soleful aging featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Soleful aging

Building blocks featured image

Women's Health

Building blocks

The wide-ranging effects of psoriasis featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The wide-ranging effects of psoriasis

Afraid to visit the doctor? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Afraid to visit the doctor?

Night owls may face higher diabetes risks featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Night owls may face higher diabetes risks

Eating high-quality carbohydrates may stave off middle-age weight gain featured image

Diet and nutrition

Eating high-quality carbohydrates may stave off middle-age weight gain

Toothbrushing tied to lower pneumonia rates in hospitalized patients featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Toothbrushing tied to lower pneumonia rates in hospitalized patients

Ready to give up the lead vest? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Ready to give up the lead vest?

Replacing sitting with any other activity may enhance heart health featured image

Heart Health

Replacing sitting with any other activity may enhance heart health

Switching out just a serving of processed meats may boost cardiovascular health featured image

Heart Health

Switching out just a serving of processed meats may boost cardiovascular health

Too much TV might be bad for your brain featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much TV might be bad for your brain

Not just good for the soul featured image

Mind & Mood

Not just good for the soul

Fibroids: Not just a young woman's problem featured image

Women's Health

Fibroids: Not just a young woman's problem

Why does my back ache? featured image

Pain

Why does my back ache?

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