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New Online Toolkit Helps Clinicians Put Food Is Medicine Into Practice
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (15+ words) Resource offers practical guidance for all aspects of integrating nutrition-based care into health systems...
For Veterinarians in Training, AI Helps Instructors Improve Feedback
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (740+ words) A new tool developed at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine aims to save time for instructors and help them better deliver feedback to students When third-year veterinary students at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University step into the…...
When the Clues to an Unknown Identity Are Hidden Inside the Mouth
2+ week, 5+ day ago (457+ words) Forensic dentist Melissa Newman shares her expertise with investigators and dental students If you've ever watched a CSI television show, you may be familiar with scenes showing a medical examiner trying to identify a body. You may have even heard…...
Could Targeting Receptors From Inside the Cell Improve Metabolic Therapies?
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (625+ words) Laidlaw Scholar Nikita Bhat has studied a new way to influence metabolic signaling with greater precision GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Zepbound have changed treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes by acting on receptors that help regulate blood sugar…...
Congratulations to our 2026 Honos Civicus Honorees
3+ week, 5+ day ago (322+ words) Tufts Now - Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Congratulations to our 2026 Honos Civicus Honorees The Friedman School continues to partner with The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life to recognize graduating Friedman School students for their civic…...
Harnessing the Power of AI to Fight Lyme Disease
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (954+ words) An anonymous gift helped Tufts researchers speed up a project to develop new drugs that could prevent and treat Lyme disease Tufts University researchers are using AI and machine learning to more quickly identify potential narrow-spectrum antibiotics to prevent and…...
Student-Led Research Launches Food Pantry at Tufts University Health Sciences Campus
4+ week, 1+ day ago (223+ words) No Stigma. Just Heart. In September 2022, during a class discussion on food insecurity and student wellness, Anna Lubitz, D26, asked a simple question: Does our campus have a food pantry? The answer was no. Four years later, on March 30, Lubitz stood…...
One Dentist's Wild Life as a Zoo Volunteer
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (719+ words) Prosthodontist Steven Spitz originally wanted to be a veterinarian. Decades later, he's the person you call when a monkey cracks a tooth On a cold February morning under a blue sky and bright sunshine, Steven Spitz stands just inside the…...
FDA "Healthy" Label Encourages Healthier Snack Choices and Influences What Consumers Are Willing to Pay, According to New Study
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (165+ words) Findings suggest consumer trust shapes the effectiveness of food labeling policy For the new study, published in Food Quality and Preference, the researchers conducted an experiment in 2023 with 267 shoppers in person at six grocery stores in the Boston area. In…...
In Performing Arts Medicine, "Physical Therapy Has to Meet the Art
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (745+ words) A student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Seattle program combines her passion for dance and science with a beautiful pas de deux When elite artists such as concert pianists or Broadway dancers have aches, pains, or injuries, the stakes…...