Recent Blog Articles
Why play? Early games build bonds and brain
Moving from couch to 5K
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter
Dr. Anthony L. Komaroff is the Steven P. Simcox/Patrick A. Clifford/James H. Higby 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
Mind & Mood
Do blood tests really help diagnose Alzheimer's disease?
Staying Healthy
Does alcohol harm the heart?
Staying Healthy
What are the different types of body fat?
Staying Healthy
What's the connection between the gut and brain health?
Diseases & Conditions
A common virus may be one contributing cause of multiple sclerosis
Staying Healthy
Does a low-salt diet really improve your health?
Exercise & Fitness
Should I keep exercising if I can't lose weight?
Diseases & Conditions
Do older adults benefit from blood pressure treatment?
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
Recent Blog Articles
Why play? Early games build bonds and brain
Moving from couch to 5K
How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
Tick season is expanding: Protect yourself against Lyme disease
What? Another medical form to fill out?
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
Concussion in children: What to know and do
What color is your tongue? What's healthy, what's not?
