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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

Sleep apnea treatment lowers rehospitalization for heart problems in older adults featured image

Heart Health

Sleep apnea treatment lowers rehospitalization for heart problems in older adults

Expectant mothers can rest easier about taking antidepressants featured image

Women's Health

Expectant mothers can rest easier about taking antidepressants

U.S. adults like integrative medicine, but few discuss it with their doctors featured image

Staying Healthy

U.S. adults like integrative medicine, but few discuss it with their doctors

Americans' use of prescription sleep medications drops dramatically featured image

Staying Healthy

Americans' use of prescription sleep medications drops dramatically

Vegetarian diet linked to more hip fractures in women featured image

Women's Health

Vegetarian diet linked to more hip fractures in women

Cancer Network updates recommendations for breast cancer screening in younger women featured image

Women's Health

Cancer Network updates recommendations for breast cancer screening in younger women

When the first step is the hardest featured image

Pain

When the first step is the hardest

Bladder problems that warrant a doctor's visit featured image

Women's Health

Bladder problems that warrant a doctor's visit

Do fermented foods live up to the hype? featured image

Staying Healthy

Do fermented foods live up to the hype?

Eating disorders in midlife featured image

Women's Health

Eating disorders in midlife

Break free from 3 self-sabotaging ANTs — automatic negative thoughts featured image

Mind & Mood

Break free from 3 self-sabotaging ANTs — automatic negative thoughts

Busier equals better for physical activity levels featured image

Staying Healthy

Busier equals better for physical activity levels

People with kidney disease eat less fruits and veggies featured image

Diseases & Conditions

People with kidney disease eat less fruits and veggies

High blood pressure linked to severe COVID despite vaccination featured image

Diseases & Conditions

High blood pressure linked to severe COVID despite vaccination

Beyond momentary calm featured image

Mind & Mood

Beyond momentary calm

Can you hear me now? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Can you hear me now?

A life-changing detour featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A life-changing detour

Aiming for longevity featured image

Staying Healthy

Aiming for longevity

Are women turning to cannabis for menopause symptom relief? featured image

Women's Health

Are women turning to cannabis for menopause symptom relief?

Poor sleep heightens risk of COPD flare ups featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Poor sleep heightens risk of COPD flare ups

Low vitamin D levels may increase odds of dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

Low vitamin D levels may increase odds of dementia

Women's heart attacks more strongly connected to different risk factors than men's featured image

Women's Health

Women's heart attacks more strongly connected to different risk factors than men's

More fallout from COVID-19 featured image

Diseases & Conditions

More fallout from COVID-19

Curbing the nation's deadliest cancer featured image

Cancer

Curbing the nation's deadliest cancer

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