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Aging In Older Adults, Adding Whey Protein Doesn’t Make More Muscle Exercise is a better bet than protein powder for building muscle strength in older adults, according to Tufts scientists May 8, 2026
Food & Nutrition For Some, Staying Healthy Is a Matter of Eating a Little Less Even cutting calories by 10% can lead to big metabolic improvements, a long-running study shows May 7, 2026
Diabetes Vitamin D May Help Prevent Diabetes, Depending on Your Genes New analysis of a major clinical trial finds supplementation reduced diabetes risk in prediabetic adults with certain variations in the vitamin D receptor gene April 23, 2026
Aging Their Parents Lived to 100. Do Their Diets Have Clues to Longevity? Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive looks at the dietary habits of centenarian offspring April 6, 2026
University News Ken Frazier to Deliver Commencement Address to the Class of 2026 The healthcare leader will speak at the May 17 ceremony; other honorees include an acclaimed musician and a pioneering scientist April 2, 2026
Fitness Should You Carbo Load Before a Marathon? Running a marathon? Tufts scientists tell you which carbs to eat when April 2, 2026
Biomedical Science What’s Going on Inside You? These Inventions Keep Track From health-monitoring dental floss to a pill that samples your microbiome, Sameer Sonkusale’s devices transform medical diagnosis and treatment March 20, 2026
Aging The Power and Promise of Precision Nutrition Decades of discovery are transforming nutrition into a real-time science of healthy living, says Tufts scientist José Ordovás March 16, 2026
Science & Technology Three Tufts Researchers Named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors Their work has led to improvements in drug discovery, disease diagnosis, healthspan, and oral health February 26, 2026
Aging ‘Dogs Are a Good Example of Healthspan’ A senior researcher on living the healthiest long life possible—and the power of the love of dogs to connect people January 7, 2026