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Newswise: Advice for Distance Runners from Tufts School of Medicine Experts
Released: 18-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Advice for Distance Runners from Tufts School of Medicine Experts
Tufts University

Distance running is a fantastic way to get outside and get moving, and a marathon can be especially rewarding. But marathon training and the race itself are hard on anyone’s body and require proper preparation. Preventing injury is key to running a successful race.

Newswise: Buried Ancient Roman Glass Formed Substance with Modern Applications
15-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Buried Ancient Roman Glass Formed Substance with Modern Applications
Tufts University

Researchers discover how molecules in ancient glass rearrange and recombine with minerals over centuries to form a patina of photonic crystals – ordered arrangements of atoms that filter and reflect light in very specific ways - an analog of materials used in communications, lasers and solar cells

Released: 13-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Tufts Ranks in Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022
Tufts University

Tufts ranks 66 in the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022, a list published today by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The list celebrates American innovation and showcases universities that play a large role in advancing innovation.

Released: 12-Sep-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Tufts Helps Host Community Keep Back-to-school Plans on Track
Tufts University

A new partnership between Tufts and the city of Somerville brings public school offices to the Tufts Administration Building (TAB) in September. The move is part of the university’s ongoing efforts to support the city after the unexpected closing of a public school. An 18-month lease with Tufts helps resolve Somerville’s pressing need for classroom space.

Released: 12-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Innovation Thrives Here: New Report Names Boston a Top Food Tech Hub
Tufts University

In a report released from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, researchers say New England is where a majority of food tech pioneers are flourishing.

Released: 30-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Tufts Welcomes the Undergraduate Class of 2027
Tufts University

Tufts President Sunil Kumar welcomed members of the Class of 2027 to Tufts on August 30. The incoming first year class is Tufts' most racially and ethnically diverse class ever.

Newswise: Produce Prescription Programs Yield Positive Health Benefits for Participants, Study Finds
25-Aug-2023 5:00 AM EDT
Produce Prescription Programs Yield Positive Health Benefits for Participants, Study Finds
Tufts University

Pooled analysis of nine produce prescription programs, which are designed to remove barriers to accessing fruits and vegetables to individuals with diet-related illness, found these programs were associated with positive health benefits, from halving food insecurity to lowering blood pressure.

Released: 28-Aug-2023 4:00 PM EDT
The Signs of Dementia and What Can Be Done to Stave It Off
Tufts University

Brent Forester, the Dr. Frances S. Arkin Chair of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and psychiatrist-in-chief and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, focuses his research on geriatric psychiatry and neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, late-life depression, and older adult bipolar disorder.

Newswise: Tips for Safely Returning to Exercise Postpartum
Released: 21-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Tips for Safely Returning to Exercise Postpartum
Tufts University

Advice for how to ease back into an active, athletic lifestyle after having a baby from an expert at Tufts University School of Medicine

Newswise:Video Embedded gender-based-research-project-provides-african-women-farmers-with-access-to-livestock-vaccines
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Released: 17-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Gender-Based Research Project Provides African Women Farmers with Access to Livestock Vaccines
Tufts University

Before they had access to livestock vaccines, many women in rural parts of Africa who manage livestock had to resort to traditional medicines when their animals got sick, or suffer loss of their animals.

Newswise: Can Better Data Predict Opioid Overdoses and Slow Infectious Disease Rates?
Released: 10-Aug-2023 2:50 PM EDT
Can Better Data Predict Opioid Overdoses and Slow Infectious Disease Rates?
Tufts University

Tufts University School of Medicine teams and collaborators are running multiple projects that seek to reduce overdoses and the spread of infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C, in people who use drugs

Newswise: Mosquitoes: Fact and Fiction When it Comes to Bite Prevention
Released: 10-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Mosquitoes: Fact and Fiction When it Comes to Bite Prevention
Tufts University

Expert Sam R. Telford, III, from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine debunks and confirms the best advice for a mosquito-free summer

Newswise: Recovering Family History for Millions of African Americans
Released: 4-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Recovering Family History for Millions of African Americans
Tufts University

As a historian, Tufts Professor Kendra Field is dedicated to making African American history more accessible to the public. In her latest project in public history, Field is chief historian of 10 Million Names, a recently launched research project of American Ancestors, the oldest genealogical organization in the nation.

Newswise: Tufts University’s Brighter World Campaign Surpasses All Goals
Released: 31-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Tufts University’s Brighter World Campaign Surpasses All Goals
Tufts University

More than 132,000 donors came together to raise $1.53 billion for Brighter World: The Campaign for Tufts, making it the most successful fundraising endeavor in Tufts University history.

Newswise: School Meals Would Be Even Healthier if Compliant with U.S. Nutrition Standards, Study Finds
Released: 31-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
School Meals Would Be Even Healthier if Compliant with U.S. Nutrition Standards, Study Finds
Tufts University

Fully synchronizing school meals with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 could positively impact hundreds of thousands of children into their adulthood, with the added benefit of saving billions in lifetime medical costs, Tufts University researchers report in a new modeling study.

Newswise: A Conversation with Caroline Genco, Tufts’ New Provost and Senior Vice President
Released: 31-Jul-2023 10:10 AM EDT
A Conversation with Caroline Genco, Tufts’ New Provost and Senior Vice President
Tufts University

Caroline Genco, an established academic leader and a highly regarded immunologist with an active biomedical research program, has been named provost and senior vice president at Tufts University. As provost, she is the university’s chief academic officer.

Released: 28-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
How Breast Milk Boosts the Brain
Tufts University

A new study by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk provides significant benefit to the developing brains of newborns, a finding that further illuminates the link between nutrition and brain health and could help improve infant formulas used in circumstances when breastfeeding isn’t possible.

Released: 27-Jul-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Restoring a Lost Sense of Smell
Tufts University

Two Tufts researchers have developed and patented an approach that may lead to the ability to recreate tissue in people with loss of smell.

Released: 24-Jul-2023 1:25 PM EDT
How Mindfulness Can Ease Your Dental Anxiety. Even if You Don’t Love Meditating
Tufts University

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine faculty member and mind-body wellness expert, Christina DiBona Pastan, shares tips on how adults and kids can feel calmer when visiting the dentist.

21-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Risk of Forced Labor Is Widespread in U.S. Food Supply, Study Finds
Tufts University

In a study researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and the University of Nottingham Rights Lab calculated the risk of forced labor across all aspects of the U.S. food supply, excluding seafood. (For a copy of the full research study, please contact [email protected])

   


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