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.
A team of doctors at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA collaborated to care for sickle cell disease patient Michaela and her sister, Danisha, who donated her bone marrow.
Barry Herb of Medford is no stranger to doctors and hospitals. Diagnosed with osteoarthritis, a degenerative condition that leads to cartilage loss in joints, he has undergone several surgeries and procedures on both knees and both shoulders over the past 20 years.
A national clinical trial has found that vitamin D supplementation does not significantly reduce the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes in people who are at high risk for the disease and already have sufficient vitamin D levels.
Registered dietitians Julie Verduzco, MS, RD, LDN, and Kaitlin Panarelli, RD, LDN, from MelroseWakefield Hospital’s nutrition department during a heart-healthy nutrition event in March 2021.
Lowell General Hospital has received the 2021 American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
Maureen Ducharme knew that she couldn't put off the procedure any longer. In 2009, Ducharme, 55, from Springfield, suffered two strokes within a couple of weeks.
Lawrence, Mass. (October 9, 2020) – Merrimack Valley Hospice nurse Marley Beohner, RN is dedicated to delivering specialized, compassionate comfort care to patients at the end of their life’s journey.
Lowell General Hospital’s main and Saints campuses along with Merrimack Valley Cardiology located in North Chelmsford have been granted a three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in the area of Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography.
There was only one thing that was more important to Bob than receiving a kidney transplant. Seeing his son graduate. Tufts Medical Center's Kidney Transplant team made both happen.