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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

When can women with early-stage breast cancer skip radiation after lumpectomy? featured image

Cancer

When can women with early-stage breast cancer skip radiation after lumpectomy?

Women who undergo earlier screening less likely to develop colorectal cancer featured image

Women's Health

Women who undergo earlier screening less likely to develop colorectal cancer

Drinking coffee might lengthen life featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Drinking coffee might lengthen life

Severe COVID infection may lead to noticeable cognitive loss featured image

Mind & Mood

Severe COVID infection may lead to noticeable cognitive loss

A healthy, tasty swap featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A healthy, tasty swap

A care quarterback for older adults featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

A care quarterback for older adults

Beyond hot flashes featured image

Women's Health

Beyond hot flashes

What to do when a diagnosis is elusive featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What to do when a diagnosis is elusive

Women more likely than men to show atypical stroke symptoms featured image

Women's Health

Women more likely than men to show atypical stroke symptoms

Mediterranean diet may help ward off a dangerous pregnancy complication featured image

Women's Health

Mediterranean diet may help ward off a dangerous pregnancy complication

Tapering off antidepressants sensibly featured image

Mind & Mood

Tapering off antidepressants sensibly

Not-so-sweet slumber featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Not-so-sweet slumber

Pregnancy's lasting toll featured image

Women's Health

Pregnancy's lasting toll

When walking is the best medicine featured image

Diseases & Conditions

When walking is the best medicine

Long COVID symptoms differ between the sexes featured image

Women's Health

Long COVID symptoms differ between the sexes

Waist trainers: What happens when you uncinch? featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Waist trainers: What happens when you uncinch?

How do I calm my shaking hands? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How do I calm my shaking hands?

Novel telehealth approach may improve overactive bladder symptoms featured image

Women's Health

Novel telehealth approach may improve overactive bladder symptoms

Diabetes risk increases after COVID-19 diagnosis featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Diabetes risk increases after COVID-19 diagnosis

Stroke risk rises in people who develop depression after a heart attack featured image

Heart Health

Stroke risk rises in people who develop depression after a heart attack

What type of breast screening do you need? featured image

Women's Health

What type of breast screening do you need?

Summertime blues? featured image

Mind & Mood

Summertime blues?

The annual physical reimagined featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The annual physical reimagined

Struggling with migraine hangovers? Read this featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Struggling with migraine hangovers? Read this

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