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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

High-quality carbohydrates in midlife may keep women healthier as they age featured image

Diet and nutrition

High-quality carbohydrates in midlife may keep women healthier as they age

For people with high blood pressure, controlling risk factors could mean a longer life featured image

Diseases & Conditions

For people with high blood pressure, controlling risk factors could mean a longer life

Olive oil may reduce breast cancer risk featured image

Women's Health

Olive oil may reduce breast cancer risk

Shake the salt habit featured image

Diet and nutrition

Shake the salt habit

What raises your risk for gynecologic cancer? featured image

Women's Health

What raises your risk for gynecologic cancer?

Peace of mind, or panic? featured image

Mind & Mood

Peace of mind, or panic?

Too much sleep may harm cognitive performance featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much sleep may harm cognitive performance

DASH diet tied to lower colorectal cancer risk featured image

Cancer

DASH diet tied to lower colorectal cancer risk

Stroke odds lower for women with higher brain health scores featured image

Mind & Mood

Stroke odds lower for women with higher brain health scores

Decoding your breast cancer risk featured image

Women's Health

Decoding your breast cancer risk

Hidden hurdles to mental health care featured image

Mind & Mood

Hidden hurdles to mental health care

Solo aging: Who can you rely on? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Solo aging: Who can you rely on?

Fresh-faced through the years featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Fresh-faced through the years

Burning mouth syndrome: The scorching reality featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Burning mouth syndrome: The scorching reality

Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia featured image

Mind & Mood

Shingles vaccine may protect against dementia

Combined with exercise, time-restricted eating may boost fat loss featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Combined with exercise, time-restricted eating may boost fat loss

Replacing butter with plant oils may produce health benefits featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Replacing butter with plant oils may produce health benefits

Is it really GERD? featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Is it really GERD?

Second-guessing symptoms featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Second-guessing symptoms

Are hot flashes a warning sign? featured image

Women's Health

Are hot flashes a warning sign?

Exercise can reduce fall risk among older women taking multiple medications featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Exercise can reduce fall risk among older women taking multiple medications

Chronic stress may raise women's stroke risk featured image

Heart Health

Chronic stress may raise women's stroke risk

Midlife pressure surge featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Midlife pressure surge

Keeping coffee to mornings may better protect the heart featured image

Heart Health

Keeping coffee to mornings may better protect the heart

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