Recent Blog Articles
Dupuytren's contracture of the hand
Why play? Early games build bonds and brain
Moving from couch to 5K
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
Maureen Salamon
Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Maureen Salamon is executive editor of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. 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
Diseases & Conditions
Sleep apnea may lead to weaker bones and teeth
Mind & Mood
Junk food addiction more common in women
Staying Healthy
Emergency care visits after cannabis use rising among older adults
Staying Healthy
The humble gallbladder
Staying Healthy
Preparing for success in the operating room — and beyond
Diseases & Conditions
Toss your reading glasses?
Diseases & Conditions
Invisible illness: More than meets the eye
Women's Health
Preventing ovarian cancer: Should women consider removing fallopian tubes?
Staying Healthy
Vitamin D deficiency linked to loss of muscle strength
Diseases & Conditions
Dementia and frailty increase odds of dying after major surgery
Women's Health
DASH diet even better for women's hearts
Diseases & Conditions
IBS in the crosshairs
Diseases & Conditions
Prediabetes: A window of opportunity
Diseases & Conditions
Battling a "brain storm"
Women's Health
When sex hurts
Women's Health
National task force updates recommendations on hormone therapy after menopause
Diseases & Conditions
Shingles linked with higher risk for heart disease and stroke
Women's Health
Exercise can reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation
Diseases & Conditions
A mask that's hard to shed
Staying Healthy
Short on slumber
Mind & Mood
Anxiety overload
Staying Healthy
At-home tests: Help or hindrance?
Staying Healthy
Shift work can harm sleep and health: What helps?
Cancer
Late-stage cervical cancer on the rise: What to know
Recent Blog Articles
Dupuytren's contracture of the hand
Why play? Early games build bonds and brain
Moving from couch to 5K
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
