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Tufts Medical Center Unveils Art Exhibit Showcasing Neurology

What do Vincent van Gogh, King George III, and Oscar Wilde have in common? They’re all featured in a new, permanent exhibit at Tufts Medical […]

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Tufts Medical Center Is One of the Top 10 Hospitals for Heart Transplants

Boston hospitals are constantly bringing home awards, in everything from overall excellence to safety. The latest? Tufts Medical Center announced Tuesday that it’s one of the country’s […]

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Tufts Doctor to Direct NIH’s Pediatric and Maternal Health Research

A Boston doctor will soon oversee the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) efforts to improve the health, development, and wellbeing of mothers, children, and families […]

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Tufts Medical Center Is Bringing Virtual Reality to Patient Care

Patients often suffer a great deal of anxiety in the moments leading up to a procedure. But what if an individual could scope out the ER, […]

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Meet ‘Doctor Be Dancing,’ a Tufts Medical Center Resident Busking for Charity

  Video provided Unlike many buskers you encounter on the street, Adnan Khera doesn’t actually need your money. With a boombox in hand, Khera, a […]

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Tufts Medical Center Is Now Partnering with an App that Predicts ER Wait Times

The only thing more painful than long emergency room waits is, well, the injury that brought you to the emergency room in the first place. […]

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See, Test, and Treat Is Coming to Tufts Medical Center

For the fifth straight year, Tufts Medical Center will host See, Test, & Treat®, a free cervical and breast cancer screening program, funded through grants […]

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Tufts ‘Cure Breast Cancer’ License Plate Raises Money for Cancer Research

Tufts Medical Center set out to raise $1 million for breast cancer research, and as of October 2014, the hospital is just shy of its goal. In […]

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Tufts Medical Center Nurse Wins National Nursing Excellence Award

Debbie Mitchell-Dozier, a nurse at Tufts Medical Center, was awarded the “Giving Excellence Meaning” (GEM) Award by Nurse.com, an award that honors outstanding nurses across the country. Mitchell-Dozier was […]

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Beth Israel Researches Alcoholism Relapse and Liver Transplants

A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shows that substance abuse treatment for alcoholics both before and after liver transplant […]

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Tufts Researcher Receives $1 Million Grant

Tufts Medical Center has announced that Dr. John B. Wong, chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making will receive a research award grant from the Patient-Centered […]

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Silk May Help Prevent Premature Birth

Dr. Michael House, an obstetrician and medical researcher at Tufts Medical Center’s Mother Infant Research Institute, is currently studying how silk can prevent premature delivery […]

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Tufts Medical Center Reaches Out to Chinatown

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a cancer of the upper part of the throat, is found globally in a mere one in 100,000 people. At Tufts Medical […]

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The Future of Dieting Could Be Based on Your Genetics

Researchers say the new frontier of dieting could be in your genes. Photo via Shutterstock The world of dieting and weight loss can be overwhelming. […]

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How Does Meningitis Get into a Syringe Full of Steroids, Anyway?

Syringes photo via Shutterstock UPDATED November 13 – 5:30 p.m. (This story originally ran on October 10th and has been updated with the most recent […]