HEALTH

Tufts Medical Center celebrates 230th anniversary in Boston's Chinatown on Oct. 14.

For World Alzheimer’s Day last month, I interviewed Michelle Liu to learn why she decided to bring the dance she knows so well into senior communities.

First Person: Why I'm Boxing for Cancer Research, and for That Little Girl I Once Was

A nurse strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the first of its kind at the Boston hospital and the largest in Massachusetts history, is bringing Asian American nurses out, some for the first time.

Obesity is not an equal opportunity health problem. It varies greatly by race, ethnicity, sex and where people live – and racial minorities are often hardest hit by the nation’s obesity crisis.

As World Tuberculosis Day approaches on March 24, Sampan is spreading the word about this sometimes fatal disease. We recently spoke with Dr. Tine Vindenes, chief of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Vindenes also co-directs the Tuberculosis Clinic at Tufts.