In the News
An Extremely Practical Guide to This Year’s Cold, Flu, and COVID Season
September 9, 2024
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about the best ways to approach this year’s respiratory virus season.
Articles
A Heads Up on Kids + Concussions
September 11, 2024
More than half of concussions happen to children while they’re participating in organized sports like soccer, football, cheerleading, gymnastics and baseball. With fall sports season in full swing, parents, coaches and young athletes need to know how to prevent, spot and treat concussions.
Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Arnold J. Sansevere, MD is here to help us get smart about what is often thought of as an “invisible” injury.
Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Arnold J. Sansevere, MD is here to help us get smart about what is often thought of as an “invisible” injury.
Patient Stories
Angela’s Story: A Race Against Time To Save a Mother’s Life
September 9, 2024
Tufts Medical Center clinicians from labor and delivery, anesthesiology, critical care, hematology, ECMO and pediatrics teams worked quickly to save a new mother’s life after she suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after birth.
In the News
Here’s How Long It Takes Before Your Muscles Decondition, According to a Sports Medicine Physician
September 4, 2024
Shane Davis, MD, Non-Operative Sports Medicine Physician at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about how long it usually takes for muscles to decondition.
In the News
Inside the Bruising Battle To Purge Race From a Kidney Disease Calculator
September 5, 2024
Quotes by Andrew Levey, MD, Nephrologist and Chief Emeritus of the Division of Nephrology at Tufts Medical Center, and Lesley Inker, MD, Nephrologist and Director of the Kidney and Blood Pressure Center and the Kidney Function Evaluation Center at Tufts MC, in an article about the story behind the decision to remove race from a widely-used equation to estimate kidney function.
In the News
Drug-Resistant Infections Represent Significant Health Issue, Experts Say
August 30, 2024
Gabriela Andujar Vazquez, MD, Infectious Disease Physician and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article on concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections.
In the News
Mass. Doctor on Challenges Faced by Domestic Violence Survivors, How To Support Them
August 29, 2024
Cristina Montalvo, MD, Chief of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Emergency Services at Tufts Medical Center, about how to approach and support domestic violence survivors.
In the News
8 Places You’re Still Most Likely To Catch Covid, Listed by Expert Doctors
August 6, 2024
Quotes by Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about the most common places to catch COVID-19.
In the News
Mass. Residents Urged To Take EEE Precautions Amid High Risk Level
August 30, 2024
Quotes by Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer at Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in a story about increasing EEE risk levels in Massachusetts, and how to stay safe.
In the News
Asian American’s No. 1 Killer Goes Under the Microscope – As National Cancer Institute Funds Large Study, We Talk to Doc About the Disease
August 23, 2024
Q&A with Andreas Klein, MD, Interim Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Tufts Medical Center, about a new NCI study on cancer in Asian Americans.