BPH treatment options when drugs are not enough
Can I wear contacts after age 50?
Eye care in an emergency
Harvard study: Six healthy diets linked with better long-term brain health
Study: Taking GLP-1 drugs may increase risk of key nutrient deficiencies
Another way to manage GERD
What is the "gout diet"?
HPV testing at home: A new option for women
How can I tell if I'm developing arthritis or musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause?
How to increase appetite
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
Healthy aging and longevity
Medication perils
Mind & Mood
Depression's cognitive cost
Mind & Mood
Gratitude may help you live longer
Diseases & Conditions
Restless legs syndrome on the radar
Pain
Regular walking can hamper low back pain recurrence
Mind & Mood
Chronic loneliness may raise stroke risk
Mind & Mood
Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness - and may even lengthen lives
Mind & Mood
Music as medicine
Mind & Mood
Doomscrolling dangers
Healthy aging and longevity
Mediterranean diet may help you live longer
Mind & Mood
Subtle cognitive decline foreshadows older adults' end of driving
Women's Health
Menopause supplements: Effective relief or empty promises?
Healthy aging and longevity
Physical therapy: Myths vs. reality
Healthy aging and longevity
Tattoos may raise lymphoma risks
Mind & Mood
Weighing in on weight gain from antidepressants
Diseases & Conditions
Decoding poor circulation
Women's Health
Depression more likely during perimenopause than before or after
Women's Health
Hormone therapy benefits outweigh risks for younger women
Mind & Mood
Optimism may slow women's age-related physical decline
Healthy aging and longevity
Aiming for sound design
Cancer
Beyond tobacco: Lung cancer in nonsmokers
Healthy aging and longevity
Healthy vacation habits to continue all year
Mind & Mood
What is Lewy body dementia?
Diseases & Conditions
Regularly adding salt to meals may raise odds of kidney disease
BPH treatment options when drugs are not enough
Can I wear contacts after age 50?
Eye care in an emergency
Harvard study: Six healthy diets linked with better long-term brain health
Study: Taking GLP-1 drugs may increase risk of key nutrient deficiencies
Another way to manage GERD
What is the "gout diet"?
HPV testing at home: A new option for women
How can I tell if I'm developing arthritis or musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause?
How to increase appetite