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November 7, 2024
Tufts Medical Center’s Marisa Tieger, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal specialist and surgeon, shares what you need to know about how diabetes affects the eyes
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April 7, 2023
Peter DeLorey has been in many golf tournaments over the years but a two-day event this spring was particularly special. It was the first one he has done with his son, and it’s something he couldn’t have done at all a year ago.
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April 4, 2023
Karen Dolan, a triathlete and a self-described exercise fanatic knew something wasn't right. She experienced shortness of breath and fatigue.
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January 18, 2023
Once barely able to walk and given less than six months to live, Linda DaCosta is alive and thriving years later, thanks to her care at Tufts Medical Center.
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April 22, 2024
Michael is living his life to the fullest after undergoing a liver transplant at Tufts Medical Center. Learn how transplantation has given him the gift of time after decades of liver disease.
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The primary goal of this study is to improve our understanding of changes in skeletal muscle mass in the arms and the legs during a hospitalization for advanced HF. We plan to measure muscle thickness with an ultrasound machine in two locations on the body (the outer thigh and the upper arm muscle, of the dominant side) from the time a patient is first admitted to the ICU with HF as well as before and after any surgical HF therapies.

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This will be a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PLS240 in eligible participants with ESKD and SHPT.

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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A PUrified Neurotoxin Complex (BOTOX) compared to placebo for the treatment of upper limb essential tremor.

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After completing enrollment in the original DEFENDO Study, patients will be invited to enter the DEFENDO Long-Term Follow-up Study (all standard of care is permitted). Two additional long-term follow-up visits will occur at 18- and 24-months to evaluate long-term clinical outcomes. No study treatment will be provided. Patients will be treated per standard of care as determined by the Investigator and will document topical ophthalmic medications currently being administered at time of study participation.

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This is a long-term extension (LTE) follow up study where recruitment of subjects will continue as the parent study (AV-101-002) progresses from Phase 2b to Phase 3. Subjects who were on placebo in Phase 2b and the Intermediate Part of the study who enroll in the LTE study will be re-randomized to one of the 3 active AV-101 doses until such time as the optimal dose has been selected.

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This is a phase I trial to see whether patients are able to adhere to a modified, high fat/low carbohydrate diet (the sHFLC + KetoPhyt Diet) with a supplement named KetoPhyt that includes ketones and anti-inflammatory properties.

The classic ketogenic diet (KD) is difficult for patients to adhere to due to its stringent nature. A modified KD has been developed that mimics the glucose lowering, ketone raising effects and the anti-cancer outcomes of the KD.

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The TRIOMPHE study is designed to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of the NEXUS™ Aortic Arch Stent Graft System for the endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic lesions involving the aortic arch including chronic dissections, aneurysms, penetrating aortic ulcers and intramural hematoma.

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The purpose of this study is to learn if asundexian is safe for the participants, how it affects the body, and to look at how well it works to prevent future ischemic strokes in participants who already had had an acute non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke or high-risk TIA.

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