Dr. Susan Emmett will make a presentation in Tanzania about reducing hearing health disparities across the globe DURHAM, N.C. May 23, 2017 – Otolaryngologist Susan Emmett, M.D., an assistant professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and assistant research professor at the Duke Global Health Institute, has been selected as a TED Fellow. […]
Measures of aging for major organ systems were lower in people who curbed calories DURHAM, N.C. May 23, 2017 – Anti-aging serums, wrinkle creams and surgeries provide the promise of a youthful appearance that can go only skin-deep. But a new analysis of a study by researchers at Duke Health suggests another method may actually […]
DURHAM, N.C. May 22, 2017 – Robert M. Califf, M.D., who in January stepped down as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has been named to new leadership roles at Duke Health, Duke University and Verily Life Sciences. Effective immediately, Califf becomes vice chancellor for Health Data Science at Duke Health and director […]
Pediatric surgeon honored with WakeMed’s highest teaching honor RALEIGH, N.C. (May 22, 2017) – WakeMed Health & Hospitals recently honored Duncan Phillips, MD, with the prestigious Harry E. Dascomb, MD, Award. WakeMed’s highest teaching honor, the Dascomb Award is presented annually to a physician who demonstrates excellence in teaching and patient care. Dr. Phillips’ many […]
Study is the first to identify how chemicals might encourage deadly cancer’s growth DURHAM, N.C. May 12, 2017 – The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, appears to aid the survival of inflammatory breast cancer cells, revealing a potential mechanism for how the disease grows, according to a study led by researchers in the Department of […]
Duke Health and WakeMed Agree to Collaborate on Cancer Care in Wake County DURHAM, N.C. April 20, 2017 – Duke Health and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have announced the signing of agreements to create Cancer Care Plus+, an innovative cancer care collaboration that will serve the growing cancer care needs of patients in Wake County. […]
National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI-Wake County) and others will help create a landscape art installation of colorful irises to raise awareness of mental illness. RALEIGH, N.C. April 19, 2017 – The volunteers will install the display on Saturday, April 29, for several hours beginning around Noon on the Raleigh campus of UNC REX Hospital, […]
Two groups recommend the drugs, but diverge on who needs them and when DURHAM, N.C. April 18, 2017 – Dueling guidelines for the use of statins to prevent cardiovascular disease have fed confusion, but this much is now known: If all doctors followed advice from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 9 million fewer adults […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 18, 2017) — WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Duke Health have signed a joint operating agreement to establish Cancer Care Plus+, a shared cancer care collaboration that will serve the growing cancer care needs of patients and provide the highest quality cancer care consistent with Duke’s renowned cancer program and WakeMed’s surgical […]
One-on-one therapy eliminated PTSD diagnoses for almost half of trial participants DURHAM, N.C. April 17, 2017 – Although both group and individual therapy can ease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in active-duty military service members, individual therapy relieved PTSD symptoms better and quicker, according to a study led by a Duke University School of Medicine […]
