CoQ10: Should you take this popular supplement if you're on a statin?
Microplastics: A hidden health threat?
Oat vs. dairy milk: Nutrition, benefits, and downsides
What is tempeh? Benefits, nutrition, and how to use it
Healing after food poisoning
Children of centenarians may stay healthier and live longer too, study finds
Light exposure at night may raise risk for heart disease
A lumbar belt may help ease low back pain
Whole grains may improve several heart risk factors at once
Signs of pneumonia: Sometimes vague and unexpected
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
The health risks of gray divorce: Stress, insomnia, high blood pressure, and more
Women's Health
How menopause can affect oral health, including tooth decay, dry mouth, and shifting teeth
Healthy aging and longevity
The 5 pillars of longevity: Movement, nutrition, sleep, stress reduction, and social connection
Preventive care
C-reactive protein: Should healthy people be tested for it?
Healthy aging and longevity
Loneliness linked to cognitive decline and early death
Exercise and Fitness
Strength training over decades linked to longer life
Brain health
Digital overload: Coping with the stress of screen time and other digital demands as we get older
Respiratory health
COPD symptoms: How to spot them early
Medications and treatments
Medication side effects that can mimic "getting older"
Cancer
Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more
Diet and nutrition
IV therapy for vitamin replenishment: Health boost or expensive placebo?
Women's Health
How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause
Preventive care
Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online
Diet and nutrition
Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure
Women's Health
Late-start hormone therapy: Safe or risky?
Healthy aging and longevity
What factors speed up aging?
Immune and infectious diseases
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Preventive care
Full-body MRI screening: Reassurance or overdiagnosis?
Women's Health
From periods to menopause: How estrogen levels throughout life affect women's brain health
Digestive Health
Are those body aches a sign of gallstones?
Diet and nutrition
Healthier plant-based diet tied to lower risk of dementia
Preventive care
High-dose flu shot may lower risk of Alzheimer's
Women's Health
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Diet and nutrition
Eating more fish may help prevent macular degeneration
CoQ10: Should you take this popular supplement if you're on a statin?
Microplastics: A hidden health threat?
Oat vs. dairy milk: Nutrition, benefits, and downsides
What is tempeh? Benefits, nutrition, and how to use it
Healing after food poisoning
Children of centenarians may stay healthier and live longer too, study finds
Light exposure at night may raise risk for heart disease
A lumbar belt may help ease low back pain
Whole grains may improve several heart risk factors at once
Signs of pneumonia: Sometimes vague and unexpected
