Lyme Disease Shrews Identified as Big Driver of Lyme Disease on Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket Study by scientists at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine suggests a range of small mammalian hosts spread tick-borne disease March 11, 2025
Mental Health How Tufts Is Helping to Develop the First U.S. Guidelines for ADHD in Adults A School of Medicine expert is part of a panel tasked with shaping guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of the condition February 24, 2025
Food & Nutrition New Study Links Millions of Diabetes and Heart Disease Cases Globally to Sugary Drinks Research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy reveals the health impacts of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages January 6, 2025
Health Vitamin D Supplements: Who Should Take Them, and How Much? New guidelines pinpoint minimum requirements for everyone and identify groups who may need even more December 2, 2024
Food & Nutrition New Shelf-Stable Smoothies Make Eating Veggies and Fruits Easier Research developed at Tufts suggests mixture of 24 ingredients may also slow aging and development of diseases November 26, 2024
Obesity Tufts Experts Weigh in on New Generation of Weight Loss Medications Consumers should consider cost, availability, long-term benefits, and nutrition and exercise before taking the prescription drugs July 8, 2024
Animal Health & Medicine SOS Signal for Canine Muscle Loss Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine are hunting for a biomarker to detect a condition that indicates underlying disease June 26, 2024
Health Teen Behavior, Explained by a Neuroscientist A r esearcher at Tufts School of Medicine explains how brain development—as well as current events—can influence decision-making in adolescence April 1, 2024
Cancer A Better Way to Screen for Lung Cancer A Tufts School of Medicine researcher is developing a test to predict lung cancer risk more accurately and reduce the number of scans needed to detect the... March 6, 2024
Biomedical Science A Biologist’s Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of DNA Damage Fruit flies, which have much of the same genetic material as humans, help Mitch McVey and colleagues find answers November 2, 2023