Why North Carolina Might Be the Most Innovative Health Care State in America
Includes comments by Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Topic Health & Medicine
Duke is translating fundamental scientific discoveries to improve health and medicine locally and globally.
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To Improve Diabetes Outcomes, Add Weight Loss Counseling to Treatment
Research at Duke, Durham VA showed patients lost weight, controlled blood sugars and used less medication on low-carb diet
November 05, 2019
Duke Health News
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Duke-NUS Researchers Find Four New Strains of Adenovirus
Widespread virus behind many common colds has been making some Asians dangerously ill
October 23, 2019
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New Approach to Stopping Breast Cancer Recurrence Shows Promise in Mice
October 22, 2019
Duke Health News
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Global Health Discussion on Hearing Loss Coming to Duke and Duke-NUS
Lancet Commission Heavy with Duke Expertise
October 21, 2019
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How Status Sticks to Genes
Bullies may come and go, but the ‘molecular memory’ of being a target lingers
October 15, 2019
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New Zealand Study Connects Walking Speed with Brain Health in 45-Year-Olds
Retrospective analysis shows the slower walkers could have been identified at age 3
October 11, 2019
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Humans Can't Replace Limbs, But We Can Regenerate Cartilage. Here's Why That Matters
Discovery could lead to new treatments for osteoarthritis
October 09, 2019
Duke Health News
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Two Medicine Researchers Named NIH "New Innovators"
NIH Director's grant for highly creative scientists carries five years of support
October 01, 2019
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Duke Vaccine Institute Plays Integral Role in National Effort to Improve Flu Shots
DHVI’s contracts potentially totaling $400 million are the largest in a federal drive to modernize flu vaccines
September 30, 2019
Duke Health News
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Dengue Manages Resistance Through Mutations in One Protein
Duke-NUS Researchers Find Virus Changes its Shape to Resist Vaccines and Drugs
September 27, 2019
In the News
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Weight-Loss Surgery for Teens Who Can’t Lose Weight Any Other Way
Features comments by Dr. Sarah Armstrong, lead author of new American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations backing surgery for some severely obese kids and teens
November 11, 2019
New York Times
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Protect the People Most Precious to You by Getting Vaccinated
Opinion article by Beau Rowe, a registered nurse and doctoral student in the School of Nursing
November 11, 2019
Hickory Daily Record
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Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Culture of Silence
Quotes Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and deputy director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
November 11, 2019
The Hill
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Title X Gag Rule a Step Backwards
Commentary by Amber Johnson, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing
November 08, 2019
Boulder Daily Camera
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How Safe Are the Triangle’s Hospitals? Here Are the Latest Scores
Reports on A grades given Duke Regional Hospital, Duke University Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital by a bi-annual study
November 08, 2019
News & Observer
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Weight-Loss Surgery: Better Health, But No Cost Savings
Covers research by a team led by professor Matthew Maciejewski (Population Health Sciences)
November 07, 2019
U.S. News & World Report
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Breast-Cancer Focus Must Look Beyond ‘Pinktober’
Commentary by Melisa Wilson, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing
November 06, 2019
Orlando Sentinel
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Hot-Spotting North Carolina’s Medicaid Transformation
Commentary co-authored by law professor Barak Richman
November 06, 2019
Health Affairs
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Duke Doctors on the Cutting Edge for Lung Cancer
Features an interview with professor and oncologist Dr.
November 06, 2019
WTVD
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Universal Flu Vaccine? Not So Fast
Features research at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute; quotes professor of pediatrics Dr.
November 05, 2019
Politico