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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

Estrogen-only hormone therapy tied to lower dementia risk featured image

Women's Health

Estrogen-only hormone therapy tied to lower dementia risk

Should you have a hysterectomy? featured image

Women's Health

Should you have a hysterectomy?

Stair climbing may significantly lower cardiovascular risks featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Stair climbing may significantly lower cardiovascular risks

Losing weight: Benefits beyond the scale featured image

Weight loss

Losing weight: Benefits beyond the scale

Sleep apnea symptoms in women: Why they may be overlooked featured image

Sleep

Sleep apnea symptoms in women: Why they may be overlooked

Walking pneumonia: The

Respiratory health

Walking pneumonia: The "mild" illness that can still pack a punch

Why do I sweat so much? featured image

Men's Health

Why do I sweat so much?

The surprising cognitive costs of multitasking featured image

Brain health

The surprising cognitive costs of multitasking

Overweight and taking blood pressure medications: Study finds it's a trend that's working featured image

Heart Health

Overweight and taking blood pressure medications: Study finds it's a trend that's working

Mindfulness practices to reduce stress and improve focus featured image

Mental Health

Mindfulness practices to reduce stress and improve focus

Tricep workouts you can do at home featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Tricep workouts you can do at home

Migraine: How it's diagnosed and what that means featured image

Pain

Migraine: How it's diagnosed and what that means

Men might be more likely than women to rely on their doctors when making health care decisions featured image

Preventive care

Men might be more likely than women to rely on their doctors when making health care decisions

Bird dog exercise for your core: How to do it safely featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Bird dog exercise for your core: How to do it safely

Body odor: How it changes — and how to improve it featured image

Preventive care

Body odor: How it changes — and how to improve it

Do you really have high cortisol? featured image

Diabetes and metabolic health

Do you really have high cortisol?

Erectile dysfunction: Is it a sign of hidden health problems? featured image

Men's Health

Erectile dysfunction: Is it a sign of hidden health problems?

How menopause can affect oral health, including tooth decay, dry mouth, and shifting teeth featured image

Women's Health

How menopause can affect oral health, including tooth decay, dry mouth, and shifting teeth

C-reactive protein: Should healthy people be tested for it? featured image

Preventive care

C-reactive protein: Should healthy people be tested for it?

The 5 pillars of longevity: Movement, nutrition, sleep, stress reduction, and social connection featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The 5 pillars of longevity: Movement, nutrition, sleep, stress reduction, and social connection

The health risks of gray divorce: Stress, insomnia, high blood pressure, and more featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

The health risks of gray divorce: Stress, insomnia, high blood pressure, and more

How to save money on medication featured image

Medications and treatments

How to save money on medication

Loneliness linked to cognitive decline and early death featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Loneliness linked to cognitive decline and early death

Strength training over decades linked to longer life featured image

Exercise and Fitness

Strength training over decades linked to longer life

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