Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Dr. Anthony L. Komaroff is the Steven P. SimcoxPatrick A. Clifford/James H. Higby Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, senior physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter. He was director of the division of general medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for 15 years, and is the founding editor of Journal Watch, a summary medical information newsletter for physicians published by the Massachusetts Medical Society/New England Journal of Medicine.
Posts by Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
Exercise & Fitness
How does regular exercise protect against mental decline?
Staying Healthy
Breakthrough: AI and better medicines
Staying Healthy
What it takes to achieve world-changing scientific breakthroughs
Staying Healthy
Is BMI the best predictor of future health?
Staying Healthy
Can I skip vaccination if I had COVID?
Diseases & Conditions
Do people who have COVID-19 go on to develop other diseases?
Mind & Mood
Will getting more sleep help protect me from dementia?
Diseases & Conditions
Which disease starts first?
Mind & Mood
Are toxins flushed out of the brain during sleep?
Diseases & Conditions
Answering your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine
Staying Healthy
Can we slow the aging process?
Diseases & Conditions
Why are mRNA vaccines so exciting?
COVID-19
The tragedy of long COVID
Diseases & Conditions
Ask the doctor: What is the condition called sepsis?
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
Daylight Saving Time "fall back" doesn’t equal sleep gain
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
