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Boston, Mass. — Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have shown that mifepristone, a drug currently FDA-approved for chemical abortion, prevents the growth of vestibular schwannoma (also known as acoustic neuroma) cells. This sometimes-lethal intracranial tumor typically causes hearing loss and...

New technology enables identification of biomarkers for a wide range of diseases. Read more here.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is hosting its 2015 annual meeting at the Sands Expo/Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 14-17, 2015, with subspecialty days on November 13-14, 2015. Click here to view the HMS schedule for this event. Don't miss the Young Ophthalmologists Lounge...

Ziyad Knio, one of our Research Assistants is currently applying linear and logistic regression models to determine the relationship between postoperative outcomes and preoperative measures in cardiac surgery patients and assessed the predictive ability of risk factors.

Six members of the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology were highlighted in the December 2015 issue of Boston Magazine as "Top Doctors." Included in this list are Reza Dana, MD, MSc, MPH, Joan W. Miller, MD, Joseph F. Rizzo III, MD, Ernest W. Kornmehl, MD, and Bradford J. Shingleton...

Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD, an international authority in retinal diseases and intraocular tumors, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Health Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on November 27, 2015, in recognition of his pioneering work in these areas. His early...

The Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) – founded by David A. Sullivan, PhD – was the focus of an article in Optometry Times on the TFOS role in bringing dry eye to the forefront of optometry.

The lawyer knew something was wrong with her 61-year-old mother. She had begun showing up for appointments two hours early. Or two hours late. She was paying less attention to how she looked. She'd had two wrecks in quick succession on her way to work as a judge's administrative assistant. Click...

The free, full-text of the 2015 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)/Champalimaud Award Lecture, “ VEGF: From Discovery to Therapy,” is now available online. Joan W. Miller, MD, the Henry Willard Williams Professor and Chair of HMS Ophthalmology, presented this lecture at the...

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm, the National Eye Institute (NEI) will be hosting a discussion on Twitter about color blindness. Join them @NatEyeInstitute and use the hashtag #NEIchat to discuss color blindness facts and how it can affect daily life.