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While there are different types of varicose veins, there are also different methods for treating them — each unique the patient’s situation and lifestyle.

Tufts Medical Center has named an interim Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. John Wong.

Both men and women experience fluctuations in sex drive, especially as we age. Learn more about our experts in primary care and urology.

Anne-Marie Wagner has always been careful about her health and kept up with her screenings, especially her annual mammograms.

More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are beginning to better understand the virus.

As a Type 1 diabetic for more than 30 years, Clare Gunther is very familiar with the daily routine of monitoring her blood sugar levels.

While families reported disruptions and added stress, many also noted positive experiences that help build resilience in a survey conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and partnering organizations.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, routine in-person healthcare visits have been temporarily put on hold in efforts to conserve personal protective equipment and to maintain social distancing. As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services eased restrictions on telehealth, virtual provider visits have become the temporary norm.

If prevention is the best medicine for good health, then early detection is a close second. Modern medicine allows us to catch many cancers and other health conditions in their earliest and most treatable stages through routine screening.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is not new. Symptoms resemble the common cold and typically clear up in 1-2 weeks, so most years it blends into the range of cold-weather viruses that bring us cough and congestion.

When your child’s runny nose and cough take a turn for the worse, it can be difficult to know whether it’s just a bad cold or something more serious.

Learn the differences between coronavirus, COVID-19 and the flu.

Dr. Megan Evans suggests these six things before trying to become pregnant.

For his entire life, Anthony D’Allesandro Vivolo has dreaded going to the beach.

Emily Panzone was diagnosed with vitiligo, a disease with no cure. But Tufts Medical Center provided her with the treatment she needed.

Aortic aneurysms can be just as deadly as coronary artery disease, and they are tougher to detect.

Diabetes has been part of Danny Rourke’s life since he was 12 years old.

Dr. Jacob Elkon, an oncologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, was interviewed about screening for colon cancer at a younger age.

MelroseWakefield Hospital neurologist, Sarah Nelson, MD, explains stroke prevention and how to identify the signs and symptoms

Phillipe doesn’t like to sit still. An architect at a firm in Boston’s Seaport, he’s used to being on the move – at work, at home and at the gym. In early 2018, he was forced to slow down when a debilitating back injury interfered with his busy life.