Carl Heilman, MD, Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center and Kathryn Noonan, MD, Neurotologist at Tufts MC, in a story about their incredible efforts to remove an acoustic neuroma and save the hearing of a Berklee musical composition student.
Tufts Medical Center’s Marisa Tieger, MD, board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal specialist and surgeon, shares what you need to know about how diabetes affects the eyes
Tufts Medical Center thoracic surgeon, Lana Schumacher, MD shares what you need to know about lung cancer risks, prevention and who should be screened.
Q&A with Brent Forester, MD, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center; Interim Chair of the Department of Neurology at Tufts Medical Center; and Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine, about his new study, which found that synthetic THC may be effective in reducing agitation in people with Alzheimer’s dementia.
Dallas Reed, MD, Chief of Genetics at Tufts Medicine, discusses hereditary cancer risk, Polygenic Risk Scores and the latest advances coming to the field of genetic cancer screening.
John Wong, MD, Chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making and a Primary Care Physician at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about whether women will benefit from starting routine mammograms at age 40.
Lilian Chen, MD, Chief of the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about a new study, which found that colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colon cancer diagnosis, despite new blood tests that screen for the disease.
Michelle DiBlasi, DO, Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about daylight savings time and seasonal affective disorder.
James Udelson, MD, Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Interim Chief Physician Executive of the CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about how to limit caffeine intake to safe levels.
Mary Hopkins, MD, Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at Tufts Medical Center, in a story about a Massachusetts college student who nearly died of bacterial meningitis.
Pedram Hamrah, MD, Vice Chair of Research and Academic Programs for the Department of Ophthalmology, Co-Director of the Cornea Service and Director of the Center for Translational Ocular Immunology at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about the launch of a phase 2 clinical trial at Tufts MC to test a new therapy for the treatment of neuropathic corneal pain.
Saul Weingart, MD, PhD, Chief of General Internal Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about new research on inequities in the diagnostic process.