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Matthew Solan

Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch

Matthew Solan is the executive editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. He previously served as executive editor for UCLA Health’s Healthy Years and as a contributor to Duke Medicine’s Health News and Weill Cornell Medical College’s Women Nutrition Connection and Women’s Health Advisor. Matthew’s articles on medicine, exercise science, and nutrition have appeared in Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Runner’s World, and Yoga Journal. He earned a master of fine arts in writing from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor of science in journalism from the University of Florida.

Posts by Matthew Solan

Fitness advice from super seniors featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Fitness advice from super seniors

You don't say? Can your bladder burst from

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Can your bladder burst from "holding it" too long?

Tinnitus: Ringing or humming in your ears? Sound therapy is one option featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Tinnitus: Ringing or humming in your ears? Sound therapy is one option

Vaccination still recommended after a shingles infection featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Vaccination still recommended after a shingles infection

A single-session class offers chronic low back pain relief featured image

Pain

A single-session class offers chronic low back pain relief

Skin in the game: Common skin problems and solutions for men featured image

Men's Health

Skin in the game: Common skin problems and solutions for men

You don't say? Why does your nose run in cold weather? featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Why does your nose run in cold weather?

Exercise may slow prostate cancer growth featured image

Men's Health

Exercise may slow prostate cancer growth

Smarter food shopping featured image

Staying Healthy

Smarter food shopping

What’s new in diabetes drugs featured image

Diseases & Conditions

What’s new in diabetes drugs

Take a breather featured image

Mind & Mood

Take a breather

Tough to swallow featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Tough to swallow

Working out your brain featured image

Exercise & Fitness

Working out your brain

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk featured image

Mind & Mood

Too much coffee may raise dementia risk

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Less may be more when treating urinary tract infections

You don't say? Pointing a finger(nail) at your health featured image

Staying Healthy

You don't say? Pointing a finger(nail) at your health

Drug therapy needs time to treat heart-related chest pain featured image

Pain

Drug therapy needs time to treat heart-related chest pain

Live long and prosper featured image

Staying Healthy

Live long and prosper

Master the stairs featured image

Staying Healthy

Master the stairs

Managing prostate cancer while you wait-and-see featured image

Men's Health

Managing prostate cancer while you wait-and-see

Casing the joints featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Casing the joints

Health and happiness go hand in hand featured image

Mind & Mood

Health and happiness go hand in hand

Evoking calm: Practicing mindfulness in daily life helps featured image

Mind & Mood

Evoking calm: Practicing mindfulness in daily life helps

Frequent migraines? Eating fatty fish may offer comfort featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Frequent migraines? Eating fatty fish may offer comfort

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