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Drought, Soil Desiccation Cracking, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Overlooked Feedback Loop Exacerbating Climate Change

Soil stores 80 percent of carbon on earth, yet with increasing cycles of drought, that crucial reservoir is cracking and breaking down, releasing even more greenhouse gases creating an amplified feedback loop that could accelerate climate change.
13-Mar-2024 12:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

A Better Way to Screen for Lung Cancer

Researchers seeks to devise a way to detect lung cancers earlier and more accurately, increasing the likelihood that treatments can slow and cure the disease.
6-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Committed to Providing the Best Pet Care

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine's Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals is one of only five facilities worldwide and is certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care’s (ACVECC) Veterinary Committee...
4-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study Shows Correlation Between Self-Reported Oral Health and Systemic Health Outcomes

Those who report having poor oral health are as likely to have negative long-term systemic health outcomes as those previously diagnosed with periodontal disease, or gum disease, according to a new Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
4-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Your Back Hurts? There’s Physical Therapy for That

Tufts University School of Medicine physical therapist Kathryn Sawyer shares tips and tools to help people experiencing acute low back pain.
29-Feb-2024 3:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Six Tufts University Faculty Named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members

Six Tufts faculty members have been named to the 2024 class of senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). With this recognition, the six are among a total of 124 highly accomplished emerging academic inventors, as identified by...
27-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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White House Includes Two Tufts-Related Initiatives in Commitments to End Hunger, Reduce Diet-Related Disease

Two Tufts-related initiatives have been included in the White House’s new round of public and private sector commitments, announced today by the Biden-Harris administration, to end hunger, improve nutrition, and reduce diet-related disease in the...
27-Feb-2024 11:15 AM EST Add to Favorites

Study: Traumatic brain injury leads to widespread changes in neural connections

Tufts University School of Medicine researchers develop imaging technology that records neuronal activity throughout the brain during the first weeks of recovery from traumatic brain injury
15-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites


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Baby’s First Tooth? Time for a Visit to the Dentist

Cheen Loo, professor and chair of pediatric dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, offers advice on dental care for young children
8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST

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David Kaplan Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

David Kaplan, the Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering at Tufts University, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
18-Dec-2023 8:05 AM EST

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The Most Popular Holiday Foods…That Your Pet Should Avoid!

Lisa Freeman, board-certified veterinary nutritionist, and professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, offers some guidelines on holiday foods and your pets.
15-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST

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The Next Phase in Monitoring Wild Animals for COVID-19

Infectious disease researchers at Tufts University are helping the USDA launch stronger surveillance testing of wild animals for SARS-CoV-2
13-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST

Tufts Wildlife Clinic Celebrates 40 Years of Impact and Service

Officially established in 1983, today Tufts Wildlife Clinic provides medical care for thousands of orphaned, sick, and injured New England wildlife each year. It serves as a regional information resource on wildlife health for the public, state and...
7-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST

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Is Age Just a Number When it Comes to Oral Health?

While gradual changes to the teeth and mouth are still part of normal aging, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine experts say today’s dental medicine means older mouths can still be healthy mouths.
2-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EDT

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How Scientists Are Solving the Mystery of Aging

Researchers at Tufts University are studying why we get older, and how to stay healthy as we do--looking at everything from heart and dental health to the relationship between healthy aging and nutrition.
31-Oct-2023 2:20 PM EDT

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Getting X-rays at the Dentist? It’s Safer Than You Realize

Since dental X-rays became commonplace some seven decades ago, dentists and hygienists have been draping their patients with protective gear to shield them from the possibility of radiation exposure to body parts other than the jaw. But experts in...
30-Oct-2023 2:15 PM EDT

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