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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

Reframing hospice and palliative care featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Reframing hospice and palliative care

Beyond appetite suppression featured image

Mind & Mood

Beyond appetite suppression

Blasting through mental health misperceptions featured image

Mind & Mood

Blasting through mental health misperceptions

Older adults with vision problems face higher dementia risks featured image

Mind & Mood

Older adults with vision problems face higher dementia risks

What does a birth doula do? featured image

Women's Health

What does a birth doula do?

Long-lasting C. diff infections: A threat to the gut featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Long-lasting C. diff infections: A threat to the gut

Health-savvy house hunting featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Health-savvy house hunting

Alcohol-related deaths rising faster among women featured image

Women's Health

Alcohol-related deaths rising faster among women

Cannabis use disorder may raise surgical risks featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Cannabis use disorder may raise surgical risks

Hearing aids may reduce cognitive decline featured image

Mind & Mood

Hearing aids may reduce cognitive decline

Staying regular featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Staying regular

New help for hot flashes featured image

Women's Health

New help for hot flashes

Debunking common wellness myths featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Debunking common wellness myths

Higher BMI associated with greater odds of joint disease featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Higher BMI associated with greater odds of joint disease

Grief can raise blood pressure featured image

Mind & Mood

Grief can raise blood pressure

Hormone therapy linked to higher risks of GERD featured image

Women's Health

Hormone therapy linked to higher risks of GERD

The bumpy truth featured image

Diseases & Conditions

The bumpy truth

Not your grandmother's breast cancer treatment featured image

Women's Health

Not your grandmother's breast cancer treatment

Staying in shape: A case of

Exercise and Fitness

Staying in shape: A case of "use it or lose it"

Mastering memory maintenance featured image

Mind & Mood

Mastering memory maintenance

Fall shots: Who's most vulnerable to RSV, COVID, and the flu? featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Fall shots: Who's most vulnerable to RSV, COVID, and the flu?

After the baby grows up, how will your heart fare? featured image

Women's Health

After the baby grows up, how will your heart fare?

Medication-taking made easier featured image

Healthy aging and longevity

Medication-taking made easier

Sugary drinks appear to increase health risks for people with diabetes featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Sugary drinks appear to increase health risks for people with diabetes

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