How high blood pressure harms your health
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
Cholesterol's various forms
Stopping a medication?
How to fall without injury
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
A care quarterback for older adults
Diseases & Conditions
What to do when a diagnosis is elusive
Women's Health
Women more likely than men to show atypical stroke symptoms
Women's Health
Mediterranean diet may help ward off a dangerous pregnancy complication
Mind & Mood
Tapering off antidepressants sensibly
Diseases & Conditions
When walking is the best medicine
Healthy aging and longevity
Not-so-sweet slumber
Women's Health
Long COVID symptoms differ between the sexes
Women's Health
Pregnancy's lasting toll
Exercise and Fitness
Waist trainers: What happens when you uncinch?
Diseases & Conditions
How do I calm my shaking hands?
Women's Health
Novel telehealth approach may improve overactive bladder symptoms
Diseases & Conditions
Diabetes risk increases after COVID-19 diagnosis
Heart Health
Stroke risk rises in people who develop depression after a heart attack
Women's Health
What type of breast screening do you need?
Mind & Mood
Summertime blues?
Healthy aging and longevity
The annual physical reimagined
Diseases & Conditions
Struggling with migraine hangovers? Read this
Diet and nutrition
The truth about nutrient deficiencies
Mind & Mood
Magic mushrooms and toad venom
Women's Health
Dementia link to early menopause
Exercise and Fitness
Another benefit of exercise: Eye comfort
Women's Health
Menopause and brain fog: What's the link?
Women's Health
Women's heart symptoms not so different after all
How high blood pressure harms your health
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
Cholesterol's various forms
Stopping a medication?
How to fall without injury
