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Helping children make friends: What parents can do
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Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery
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Mpox is back: What to know and do
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How well do you score on brain health?
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When should your teen or tween start using skin products?
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How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
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Protect your skin during heat waves — here's how
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Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
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Want to cool down? 14 ideas to try
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A fresh look at risks for developing young-onset dementia
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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
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Nutrition
The truth about nutrient deficiencies
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Mind & Mood
Magic mushrooms and toad venom
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Women's Health
Dementia link to early menopause
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Staying Healthy
Social isolation and loneliness add up to higher heart risks
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Exercise & Fitness
Another benefit of exercise: Eye comfort
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Women's Health
Menopause and brain fog: What's the link?
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Women's Health
Women's heart symptoms not so different after all
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Nutrition
French fries versus almonds: Calorie for calorie, which comes out on top?
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Diseases & Conditions
Study links common virus to MS
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Staying Healthy
Adding more olive oil to your diet may help prevent an early death
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Heart Health
Want a healthier heart? Seriously consider skipping the drinks
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Pain
Get a helping hand for pain
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Staying Healthy
Night workers might benefit from daytime eating
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Mind & Mood
Scroll smarter to protect your mental health
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Exercise & Fitness
Keep exercise-related injuries from derailing your workouts
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Nutrition
Snooze more, eat less? Sleep deprivation may hamper weight control
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Heart Health
Close relationships with neighbors influence cardiovascular health in Black adults
Recent Blog Articles
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Helping children make friends: What parents can do
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Want to stop harmful drinking? AA versus SMART Recovery
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Mpox is back: What to know and do
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How well do you score on brain health?
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When should your teen or tween start using skin products?
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How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
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Protect your skin during heat waves — here's how
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Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
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Want to cool down? 14 ideas to try
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A fresh look at risks for developing young-onset dementia