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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

New help for hot flashes featured image

Women's Health

New help for hot flashes

Debunking common wellness myths featured image

Staying Healthy

Debunking common wellness myths

Higher BMI associated with greater odds of joint disease featured image

Staying Healthy

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 & 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

Staying Healthy

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

Staying Healthy

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

Magnesium-rich foods might boost brain health, especially in women featured image

Mind & Mood

Magnesium-rich foods might boost brain health, especially in women

Physical activity may lower Parkinson's risk in women featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Physical activity may lower Parkinson's risk in women

When everyday noises upset you featured image

Diseases & Conditions

When everyday noises upset you

When fatigue leaves you drained, depleted, and dumbfounded featured image

Diseases & Conditions

When fatigue leaves you drained, depleted, and dumbfounded

Validation: Defusing intense emotions featured image

Mind & Mood

Validation: Defusing intense emotions

Bonds that transcend age featured image

Mind & Mood

Bonds that transcend age

Feeding body and soul featured image

Nutrition

Feeding body and soul

Staying safe while getting well featured image

Staying Healthy

Staying safe while getting well

Screening advice that's not just skin deep featured image

Cancer

Screening advice that's not just skin deep

Sleep problems may raise the risk of stroke featured image

Diseases & Conditions

Sleep problems may raise the risk of stroke

Women more likely to be injured while walking a leashed dog featured image

Staying Healthy

Women more likely to be injured while walking a leashed dog

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