Ashwagandha: Benefits, side effects, and safety concerns
Hearing aids: Types, costs, over-the-counter options, and AirPods
Meditation techniques: How to meditate for stress, sleep, and focus
Anti-inflammatory diet: Foods that help reduce chronic inflammation
Legumes: Are they good for your heart?
Atrial fibrillation symptoms: Why they're easy to miss
Treating peripheral artery disease: When might you need a procedure?
Exercising with low blood pressure: Advice and precautions
Fast-walking "super-movers" may have sharper brains as they age
Healthy breakfast ideas to support energy and metabolism
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's Health
Telltale signs of vaginal infections
Medications and treatments
Urgent care vs. emergency room: What's the right choice?
Women's Health
Insulin resistance in women and why it rises after 50
Brain health
How to spot Parkinson's disease symptoms
Diet and nutrition
How to curb your stress eating
Women's Health
Heart failure symptoms in women: How they're different
Exercise and Fitness
What are somatic workouts?
Preventive care
Everyday habits that sneakily weaken your bones
Women's Health
Strong is the new skinny
Immune and infectious diseases
Is there a way to keep cold sores from coming back?
Brain health
Speaking multiple languages may promote healthy aging
Women's Health
Why do my lips seem thinner than they used to be?
Women's Health
Risk-based breast screenings as effective as annual mammograms
Women's Health
Reproductive factors may raise women's osteoporosis risk
Skin and hair health
Is your skin problem actually an autoimmune condition?
Women's Health
Antibiotic-free fixes for recurrent UTIs
Women's Health
Musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause: When menopause makes you ache all over
Women's Health
When can older women stop getting mammograms?
Preventive care
The 7 types of rest and why we need them all
Women's Health
Women gain heart protection with far less exercise than men
Brain health
Quitting smoking in middle age can reduce dementia risk
Women's Health
Women face barriers to cardiac rehab despite proven benefits
Mental Health
Tips to cultivate your joyspan
Exercise and Fitness
Exercise may lower risk of premature death among people with diabetes
Ashwagandha: Benefits, side effects, and safety concerns
Hearing aids: Types, costs, over-the-counter options, and AirPods
Meditation techniques: How to meditate for stress, sleep, and focus
Anti-inflammatory diet: Foods that help reduce chronic inflammation
Legumes: Are they good for your heart?
Atrial fibrillation symptoms: Why they're easy to miss
Treating peripheral artery disease: When might you need a procedure?
Exercising with low blood pressure: Advice and precautions
Fast-walking "super-movers" may have sharper brains as they age
Healthy breakfast ideas to support energy and metabolism
