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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

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

Mind & Mood

Stroke odds lower for women with higher brain health scores

DASH diet tied to lower colorectal cancer risk featured image

Cancer

DASH diet tied to lower colorectal cancer risk

Too much sleep may harm cognitive performance featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much sleep may harm cognitive performance

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

Burning mouth syndrome: The scorching reality featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Burning mouth syndrome: The scorching reality

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?

Kidney stones: From agony to action featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Kidney stones: From agony to action

The dangerous dismissal of women's pain featured image

Pain

The dangerous dismissal of women's pain

A hair-pulling disorder featured image

Diseases & Conditions

A hair-pulling disorder

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

Keeping coffee to mornings may better protect the heart featured image

Heart Health

Keeping coffee to mornings may better protect the heart

Midlife pressure surge featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Midlife pressure surge

Calcium may cut odds of colorectal cancer, while alcohol may boost them featured image

Cancer

Calcium may cut odds of colorectal cancer, while alcohol may boost them

Heat wave hazards featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Heat wave hazards

Depression tied to risky driving in older adults featured image

Mind & Mood

Depression tied to risky driving in older adults

Common gynecological disorders linked to higher risks for heart and brain featured image

Women's Health

Common gynecological disorders linked to higher risks for heart and brain

Cushing's: A master of disguise featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Cushing's: A master of disguise

Twist, turn, tone featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Twist, turn, tone

Unlocking the secrets of super-agers featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Unlocking the secrets of super-agers

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