Patient Stories
Patient Story: Heart Transplant Hopeful Builds Strength With Facility Dogs
April 3, 2024
With the support of Tufts Medical Center nurses and facility dogs, Hunter is building his strength and looking forward to going home to wait for his heart transplant.
Articles
State + City Legislative Leaders Visit Tufts Medical Center’s New Milk Lab + NICU
April 1, 2024
Tufts Medical Center welcomes Senator Elizabeth Warren and other legislative leaders to learn more about our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Milk Lab.
Articles
Produce Rx Sows the Seeds of Nutritional Health for Generations
April 15, 2024
Poor nutrition is devastating the health of American families. A prescription produce program, from Tufts Medicine’s Mother Infant Research Institute and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, is delivering nutritious foods and a healthy start to Massachusetts families.
Articles
Take Charge of Your Healthcare
April 12, 2024
Emily Lemire, LICSW, Manager of Oncology Social Work and Palliative Care at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, discusses the importance of advance directives and the forms and resources to help you with care planning.
Press Releases
Tufts Medical Center Researcher Studying Pulmonary Hypertension in Kidney Patients Awarded Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship by American Kidney Fund
April 11, 2024
Dr. Marcelle Tuttle, a first-year fellow in the Tufts Medical Center Division of Nephrology, will be working on research that focuses on the development of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Patient Stories
Emily’s Story: A Painful Bone Condition Couldn’t Stop Tufts Medical Center Patient + Team Tufts MC Marathon Runner
April 12, 2024
A Tufts Medical Center patient since childhood, Emily Roach has undergone multiple brain and orthopedic surgeries to treat fibrous dysplasia. Now she’s a proud member of Team Tufts MC—running the Boston Marathon to help other patients thrive.
Articles
How To Protect Your Eyes During the Solar Eclipse
April 5, 2024
A much-anticipated total solar eclipse will have millions in North America gazing skyward on April 8. Dr. Reza Vagefi, Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the New England Eye Center at Tufts Medicine, is here to remind us how to stay safe as we enjoy this rare event.
Articles
A Head Start: The Power + Promise of Genetic Testing
April 3, 2024
Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.
Announcements
Dr. Sebastian Ramos Promoted to MIRI PI
April 2, 2024
Dr. Sebastian Ramos of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been promoted to Principal Investigator at MIRI.
Articles
MIRI Will Collaborate on Tufts Springboard Grant
April 1, 2024
Study Examines the paternal role in intergenerational impacts of stress.