This year, researchers in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School continued to illuminate biological phenomena, ...

Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain ...

Meet the Harvard Medical School Office of Communications and External Relations. Our staff of strategic communications specialists, writers, editors and designers have decades of collective experience ...

Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...

Established in 1782, the School has produced generations of physicians whose life's work is to care for patients with skill, compassion and integrity. HMS graduates also embrace opportunities to have ...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.” So says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it? The end-of-year holidays are certainly a happy time for ...

How many of those who are ballroom dancing, doing the foxtrot, break dancing, doing the foxtrot, break dancing, or line dancing, realize that they are doing something positive for their bodies—and ...

The Blavatnik Family Foundation is an active supporter of many leading educational, scientific, cultural and charitable institutions in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Israel and throughout the world. A ...

The first administrative organization of Harvard Medical School after its founding in 1782 took place in 1816 with the appointment of Dr. John Collins Warren as Dean, a new office created to oversee ...

Laura DeCoste was appointed chief communications officer at Harvard Medical School in April 2021 after serving in an interim capacity since September 2019. In this role, she leads the HMS Office of ...

We have been closely monitoring the situation with COVID-19 and its impact on travel and event participation. Out of an abundance of caution and because our highest priority is the health and safety ...

He may very well have delirium, a sudden change in mental status that is common, serious, and costly—and often goes unrecognized. With proper attention, however, many cases of delirium can be ...