Tufts University News

Retired radiologist Albert Hurwit knows a thing or two about success. The Hartford, Conn., resident - and grandfather of eight - has a pedigree fine enough to make any mother kvell.

Insurance companies rack up much higher profits on health coverage sold to nearly 100,000 Massachusetts college students than on plans available to the general public, according to long-awaited data released late yesterday by the state.

A proposal before Massachusetts lawmakers aimed at protecting students who voice religious views at public schools is being assailed by separation of church and state advocates, who say it forces religion on people.

Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis who engage in regular tai chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain, says a statement from publisher Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.

Tuesday was the paper anniversary of the election that purportedly brought the US youth back to the polls and revived a long-stagnant interest in American politics.

Twelve-year-old twins living in Gracie Mansion. Town hall meetings in the Bronx or Queens, late into the evening.

Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer.

The Dow Chemical Company recently recognized the inaugural winners of its Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge - an awards competition established to encourage and promote solutions to the world's most pressing social, economic and environmental problems.

Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer.

It's as if the candidates were working together - but don't expect either of them to admit it.

Tufts University has dethroned Boston College as Massachusetts' costliest school, but both institutions and seven other Bay State colleges have joined the "$50,000 Club" - universities charging $50,000 or more per year.

A team of researchers from Boston University School , Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance with regular cleaning of public restrooms on cruise ships may predict subsequent norovirus infection outbreaks .

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Public Health Experts from the University of Minnesota will soon be on the frontlines working to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health.

When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan.

The ancient Chinese exercise practice Tai Chi can reduce pain, preserve functionality, and improve personal well-being among subjects with knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published online Oct.

Elderly individuals who have osteoarthritis of the knee may experience improvement in pain and physical function if they practice Tai Chi regularly, according to researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine.

An anti-gay blog has posted information on the hows and whys of fisting as part of an attack against GLBT youth advocate Kevin Jennings.

Main Category: Medical Students / Training Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; Cancer / Oncology ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT A new curriculum called The Great Diseases will bring real-world biomedical research to students in three Boston high schools.

Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis who engage in regular Tai Chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain.

Tufts University recently prohibited students from having sex in their rooms when a roommate is present.