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Tufts Medicine Team Pioneers New Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Device
December 11, 2025
Tufts Medical Center becomes the first site to evaluate the new P3 Occluder System for patent foramen ovale closure, advancing stroke-prevention research.
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Chris’s Story: Stroke Recovery After a First-of-its-Kind Heart Procedure
December 11, 2025
After a stroke at 29, Chris became the first person in the world to receive a new PFO closure device at Tufts Medical Center and has made a full recovery.
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How Cold Weather Can Impact Your Heart Health
December 8, 2025
Does cold weather affect your heart? Discover simple steps to stay safe this winter. Understand risks, symptoms and ways to protect your heart health.
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The Heart of a Spartan – Brian’s Story
December 8, 2025
Brian Novak, 51, figured it must have been something he ate. It was early August 2022, and the Lowell resident began experiencing terrible abdominal pain shortly after having lunch at work. But the discomfort didn’t improve and about a week later, new symptoms emerged including back pain and difficulty swallowing.
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Tufts Medicine physician helps lead national effort to accelerate pediatric medical device innovation
December 4, 2025
A Tufts Medicine neonatologist is helping chart a new national path to improve how medical devices are developed for children—a long-standing gap in U.S. healthcare.
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Guidelines Expanded for Cervical Cancer Screening to Include Self-Swab HPV Test
December 5, 2025
Rebecca Perkins, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Investigator at the Woman, Mother and Baby Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about new, expanded American Cancer Society guidelines for cervical cancer screening.
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CDC Panel Votes To Change Longstanding Vaccine Recommendation
December 5, 2025
Shirley Huang, MD, Chief of General Pediatrics at Tufts Medical Center, in a story about the ACIP vote to change the childhood vaccination schedule for Hepatitis B.
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Healey, Other Mass. Leaders, Criticize CDC’s ‘Dangerous’ Hepatitis B Vaccine Decision
December 5, 2025
Shira Doron, MD, Chief Infection Control Officer for Tufts Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in a story about the ACIP vote to change the childhood vaccination schedule for Hepatitis B.
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