The January 2015 issue of HMS Ophthalmology's clinical advisory newsletter, Eye Insights, is now available. This issue describes biomedical breakthroughs in anti-VEGF research that have changed how we diagnose, treat, and save vision for patients with retinal disease. See the full text here (HTML &...
U.S. veterans who were nearby to bomb blasts in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to experience faster brain aging, according to a new study. The study, which is the first to examine the longer-term brain health of veteransexposed to bomb blasts, was published this week in Brain: A Journal of Neurology....
The Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology is proud to announce the release of its inaugural report, Frontiers in Ophthalmology. This artfully designed report tells the story of the department's key accomplishments, major milestones, and impressive growth in patient care, research and...
Upholding the Commitment to Quality Care and Clinical Innovation Vision loss is a national public health concern that clearly worries most Americans. In a national poll on health attitudes, every major ethnic and racial group listed fear of vision loss among its top two health concerns. More than 70...
One project in TRACTS is looking at how experiences during childhood might influence how service members react to stress later in life. Studies have shown that people’s reactions to stress are in part due to how much stress and psychological trauma they were exposed to when they were children. Using...