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Tufts Medicine’s guide to the cancer screenings you need at every age for people with average risk.

Congestive Heart Failure affects more than 6 million Americans and is the leading cause of hospital stays in adults aged 65 and older. Identifying CHF in the early stages can prolong your life. Tufts Medical Center’s Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation, Indranee N. Rajapreyar, MD walks you through the symptoms of the 4 stages of CHF, as well as treatments and prevention.

Sabrina Kurtz Rossi presented at the Global Health Literacy Summit on September 19, 2024

The drug was found to be safe and well-tolerated; positive impact on patients helped reduce caregiver stress.

Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.

Tufts Medicine’s Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Epidemiologist and Antimicrobial Steward, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, on preventing, identifying and treating common seasonal respiratory illnesses.

Learn how one Tufts Medicine kidney transplant patient continues to make a difference as a volunteer services manager, highlighting the life-changing impact of compassionate care, specialized treatments and philanthropy.

Tufts Medical Center’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant team has reached an exciting milestone, performing the hospital’s 800th heart transplant procedure in October 2024. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone and every successful transplantation we have the privilege to perform, said Gregory Couper, MD, Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program. “Each heart transplant is an opportunity for a person to live a longer and more fulfilling life, and it means countless more families and friends who get time with the people they love.”

Tufts Medical Center’s neurosurgery team helped Peter regain mobility after a debilitating spinal condition threatened his ability to walk.

A team led by Tufts Medical Center neurosurgeon Dr. Ron Riesenburger, Interim Chair of Neurosurgery, Co-chief of Spinal Surgery and Director of the Spine Center, corrected Peter Bradford severe spinal condition and helped him regain his mobility.

Dr. Jill Steinkeler, Medical Director of Breast Imaging at Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital, shares what breast density means for your breast health, breast cancer risk and breast cancer detection.

Tufts Medicine’s Anubha Bharthuar, MD, shares what you need to know about chemoprevention—medications that can help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.

Tufts Medical Center’s Reid R. Sacco AYA Cancer Program provides comprehensive long-term follow up care to patients diagnosed with cancer under the age of 40, while also leading national research on the financial hardship associated with cancer.

Tufts Medical Center’s ChiHae Kwan, OD, Director of Optometry Services, tips to keep your eyes safe and healthy on Halloween.

Tufts Medicine, The Vascular Care Group and Commonwealth Radiology Associates are pleased to announce their collaboration on a new state-of-the-art outpatient Vascular + Vein Center now opened in Lowell, MA. This innovative partnership aims to enhance the patient care experience by providing comprehensive diagnostic and minimally invasive therapeutic services in a comfortable, convenient outpatient setting.

Tufts Medical Center ophthalmologist, Sylvia Yoo, MD, Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, shares tips for protecting your kids’ vision during play.

Tufts Medical Center’s Collyn Gallant, AuD, CCC-A shares how to know when you need a hearing test, common causes of hearing loss and how hearing loss can be treated.

MelroseWakefield Hospital named as a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care.

Tufts Medicine’s Weight + Wellness experts get to the truth behind common weight loss

Chloe E. Bird, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Tufts Medical Center and Sarah Murray Jordan, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, on a new report examining gaps in women’s health research and funding.

Tufts Medicine experts share the health and wellness resolutions you should make to live your healthiest year yet.