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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

Women gain heart protection with far less exercise than men featured image

Heart Health

Women gain heart protection with far less exercise than men

Women face barriers to cardiac rehab despite proven benefits featured image

Women's Health

Women face barriers to cardiac rehab despite proven benefits

Quitting smoking in middle age can reduce dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Quitting smoking in middle age can reduce dementia risk

Relief or risk? Using cannabis as we age featured image

Staying Healthy

Relief or risk? Using cannabis as we age

For weight loss, minimally processed diets beat ultra-processed versions featured image

Nutrition

For weight loss, minimally processed diets beat ultra-processed versions

Exercise may lower risk of premature death among people with diabetes featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Exercise may lower risk of premature death among people with diabetes

Fast walking may lengthen your life featured image

Staying Healthy

Fast walking may lengthen your life

When celiac disease strikes later in life featured image

Diseases & Conditions

When celiac disease strikes later in life

How “inflammaging” shapes our health featured image

Diseases & Conditions

How “inflammaging” shapes our health

The head-scratching dilemma of itchy nipples and breasts featured image

Women's Health

The head-scratching dilemma of itchy nipples and breasts

Ototoxic drugs: Medications that may harm hearing featured image

Staying Healthy

Ototoxic drugs: Medications that may harm hearing

Coping with dry eyes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Coping with dry eyes

Should women over 60 take iron supplements? What you need to know featured image

Women's Health

Should women over 60 take iron supplements? What you need to know

Forgetfulness doesn’t always mean Alzheimer’s featured image

Mind & Mood

Forgetfulness doesn’t always mean Alzheimer’s

Is your medication killing your sex drive? featured image

Women's Health

Is your medication killing your sex drive?

A green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging featured image

Nutrition

A green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging

Poor sleep raises risk of heart problems in menopausal women featured image

Women's Health

Poor sleep raises risk of heart problems in menopausal women

A new name for vaginal atrophy: Genitourinary syndrome of menopause featured image

Women's Health

A new name for vaginal atrophy: Genitourinary syndrome of menopause

Women with diabetes may face more hidden heart damage featured image

Women's Health

Women with diabetes may face more hidden heart damage

Flavonoid-rich foods may fuel healthier aging featured image

Staying Healthy

Flavonoid-rich foods may fuel healthier aging

Navigating menopause after cancer featured image

Women's Health

Navigating menopause after cancer

The case for watching your blood sugar featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The case for watching your blood sugar

Is your sleep position helping or hurting you? featured image

Staying Healthy

Is your sleep position helping or hurting you?

Spice up your holidays featured image

Nutrition

Spice up your holidays

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