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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 with diabetes may face more hidden heart damage featured image

Women's Health

Women with diabetes may face more hidden heart damage

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

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 green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging featured image

Brain health

A green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging

The case for watching your blood sugar featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The case for watching your blood sugar

Dogs and cats may slow cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Dogs and cats may slow cognitive decline

Ultra-processed foods linked to poor health outcomes featured image

Diet and nutrition

Ultra-processed foods linked to poor health outcomes

Flavonoid-rich foods may fuel healthier aging featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Flavonoid-rich foods may fuel healthier aging

Navigating menopause after cancer featured image

Women's Health

Navigating menopause after cancer

Spice up your holidays featured image

Diet and nutrition

Spice up your holidays

Is your sleep position helping or hurting you? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Is your sleep position helping or hurting you?

Frequent standing may improve blood pressure after menopause featured image

Heart Health

Frequent standing may improve blood pressure after menopause

FDA removes menopause hormone therapy black box warnings featured image

Women's Health

FDA removes menopause hormone therapy black box warnings

Exercise may inhibit breast cancer growth featured image

Cancer

Exercise may inhibit breast cancer growth

Artificial sweeteners may speed declines in memory and thinking featured image

Brain health

Artificial sweeteners may speed declines in memory and thinking

The overlap between back pain and pelvic floor dysfunction featured image

Women's Health

The overlap between back pain and pelvic floor dysfunction

The 3 a.m. wake-up: Why it happens to women more often after 55 featured image

Sleep

The 3 a.m. wake-up: Why it happens to women more often after 55

Red light therapy for skin care featured image

Skin and hair health

Red light therapy for skin care

Shake the salt habit featured image

Diet and nutrition

Shake the salt habit

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

Peace of mind, or panic? featured image

Mind & Mood

Peace of mind, or panic?

What raises your risk for gynecologic cancer? featured image

Women's Health

What raises your risk for gynecologic cancer?

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