Harvard study links ultra-processed foods to higher rates of cognitive decline, dementia
A guide to the DASH diet
Calorie deficit explained: Is it a safe, sustainable approach to weight loss?
Prediabetes diet: How to help prevent progression to diabetes
COPD symptoms: How to spot them early
Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more
Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online
Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure
How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause
Increasing daily steps may boost surgical recovery
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
Healthy aging and longevity
Short on slumber
Mind & Mood
Anxiety overload
Healthy aging and longevity
At-home tests: Help or hindrance?
Healthy aging and longevity
Shift work can harm sleep and health: What helps?
Cancer
Late-stage cervical cancer on the rise: What to know
Women's Health
Women lack information on life after breast reconstruction
Women's Health
Alcohol may lower pregnancy odds in women undergoing fertility treatment — but caffeine is no problem
Pain
Take arms against perplexing pain
Mind & Mood
Managing the unthinkable
Diseases & Conditions
A pain in the rear
Women's Health
Pressure shift
Healthy aging and longevity
Strength training might lengthen life
Exercise and Fitness
Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?
Diet and nutrition
Low-carb diet helps cut blood sugar levels in people with prediabetes
Healthy aging and longevity
7 things your dentist wants you to know
Heart Health
Sleep apnea treatment lowers rehospitalization for heart problems in older adults
Women's Health
Expectant mothers can rest easier about taking antidepressants
Healthy aging and longevity
U.S. adults like integrative medicine, but few discuss it with their doctors
Diseases & Conditions
Got a goiter?
Women's Health
A lethal cancer's long reach
Healthy aging and longevity
Americans' use of prescription sleep medications drops dramatically
Women's Health
Vegetarian diet linked to more hip fractures in women
Pain
When the first step is the hardest
Women's Health
Bladder problems that warrant a doctor's visit
Harvard study links ultra-processed foods to higher rates of cognitive decline, dementia
A guide to the DASH diet
Calorie deficit explained: Is it a safe, sustainable approach to weight loss?
Prediabetes diet: How to help prevent progression to diabetes
COPD symptoms: How to spot them early
Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more
Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online
Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure
How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause
Increasing daily steps may boost surgical recovery
