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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

Silent suffering featured image

Cancer

Silent suffering

Good intentions, perilous results featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Good intentions, perilous results

Sowing the seeds of better health featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Sowing the seeds of better health

Cutting and self-harm: Why it happens and what to do featured image

Pediatric health

Cutting and self-harm: Why it happens and what to do

A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do featured image

Pediatric health

A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do

Sleep apnea may lead to weaker bones and teeth featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Sleep apnea may lead to weaker bones and teeth

Junk food addiction more common in women featured image

Mind & Mood

Junk food addiction more common in women

Emergency care visits after cannabis use rising among older adults featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Emergency care visits after cannabis use rising among older adults

The humble gallbladder featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The humble gallbladder

Preparing for success in the operating room — and beyond featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Preparing for success in the operating room — and beyond

Toss your reading glasses? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Toss your reading glasses?

Invisible illness: More than meets the eye featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Invisible illness: More than meets the eye

Preventing ovarian cancer: Should women consider removing fallopian tubes? featured image

Women's Health

Preventing ovarian cancer: Should women consider removing fallopian tubes?

Vitamin D deficiency linked to loss of muscle strength featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Vitamin D deficiency linked to loss of muscle strength

Dementia and frailty increase odds of dying after major surgery featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Dementia and frailty increase odds of dying after major surgery

DASH diet even better for women's hearts featured image

Women's Health

DASH diet even better for women's hearts

IBS in the crosshairs featured image

Diseases & Conditions

IBS in the crosshairs

Prediabetes: A window of opportunity featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Prediabetes: A window of opportunity

Battling a

Diseases & Conditions

Battling a "brain storm"

When sex hurts featured image

Women's Health

When sex hurts

National task force updates recommendations on hormone therapy after menopause featured image

Women's Health

National task force updates recommendations on hormone therapy after menopause

Shingles linked with higher risk for heart disease and stroke featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Shingles linked with higher risk for heart disease and stroke

Exercise can reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation featured image

Women's Health

Exercise can reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation

A mask that's hard to shed featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A mask that's hard to shed

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