The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
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
Diet and nutrition
Ultra-processed foods linked to poor health outcomes
Healthy aging and longevity
Flavonoid-rich foods may fuel healthier aging
Healthy aging and longevity
Is your sleep position helping or hurting you?
Diet and nutrition
Spice up your holidays
Diseases & Conditions
The case for watching your blood sugar
Women's Health
Navigating menopause after cancer
Women's Health
FDA removes menopause hormone therapy black box warnings
Heart Health
Frequent standing may improve blood pressure after menopause
Brain health
Artificial sweeteners may speed declines in memory and thinking
Cancer
Exercise may inhibit breast cancer growth
Sleep
The 3 a.m. wake-up: Why it happens to women more often after 55
Women's Health
The overlap between back pain and pelvic floor dysfunction
Skin and hair health
Red light therapy for skin care
Healthy aging and longevity
What the sitting-rising test says about your health
Diet and nutrition
High-quality carbohydrates in midlife may keep women healthier as they age
Diseases & Conditions
For people with high blood pressure, controlling risk factors could mean a longer life
Women's Health
Olive oil may reduce breast cancer risk
Mind & Mood
Peace of mind, or panic?
Women's Health
What raises your risk for gynecologic cancer?
Diet and nutrition
Shake the salt habit
Mind & Mood
Too much sleep may harm cognitive performance
Mind & Mood
Stroke odds lower for women with higher brain health scores
Cancer
DASH diet tied to lower colorectal cancer risk
Healthy aging and longevity
Solo aging: Who can you rely on?
The best foods high in potassium — and why you need them
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
