Duke researchers expand smoking cessation options
(10/05/12 7:58am)
Duke researchers gathered at the Durham Convention Center Thursday to discuss treating the most common drug addiction—smoking.
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Duke researchers gathered at the Durham Convention Center Thursday to discuss treating the most common drug addiction—smoking.
In case you didn’t get enough of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s scintillating acting skills in The Dark Knight, watching her play the role of a dyslexic “parentrooper” in Won’t Back Down is truly a gem.
On the third floor of the Bryan Research Building, the caged birds do not sing for mating purposes alone.
The U.S. embassy staff in Tunis, Tunisia evacuated Sept. 14 amidst deadly riots sweeping that nation and the Middle East, but recent graduate Dania Toth stayed in Sousse, Tunisia. Toth, Trinity ’12, moved there days after graduation to serve as coordinator at the American Corner Sousse, an educational and cultural center in Tunisia hosted by AMIDEAST, one of the Middle East’s biggest American nonprofits, and funded by the State Department. The Chronicle’s Jack Mercola and Danielle Muoio asked her about her experience with recent turmoil and rioting in the region.
What Duke students know or think they know about crack cocaine is probably false.
Senior Nick Swartzwelder decided to study the effects of drugs and alcohol when he was sitting in the passenger seat of his father’s car.
An intimate staff of young, creative minds set their sights on a lofty goal—and succeeded.
After treating 385 patients in Panama this summer, Duke Global Brigades is pushing forth its efforts to diminish health care disparities in third world countries.
Shana Starobin, a doctoral candidate at the Nicholas School of the Environment, attended a forum at the White House earlier this month on fighting hunger with AmpleHarvest—a nonprofit organization that coordinates donations of excess produce to families in need. During her time at Duke, Starobin has researched how to address food insecurity in the U.S. and abroad with sustainable farming. The Chronicle’s Danielle Muoio sat down with Starobin to discuss her research, the White House forum and her role with AmpleHarvest.
A nearly four decade study led by Duke researchers holds harrowing implications for adolescent marijuana users.
Ann Patchett is a renowned novelist—a recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for her novel “Bel Canto.” This summer, the Class of 2016 read her book “State of Wonder” as their summer reading assignment. State of Wonder follows the life of Marina, a 42-year-old pharmacologist whose profession leads her to the Brazilian jungle. Outside of civilization, Marina tries to overcome mistakes in her past and forms a close bond with her mentor, Dr. Swenson.
An easily detectable enzyme in metastatic kidney cancer patients allows doctors to more effectively treat patients.
Chemistry professor Alvin Crumbliss will receive the Charles H. Herty Medal, an annual award given by the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society. The Herty Medal publicly recognizes the work and services of chemists who have contributed significantly to their chosen field. All chemists who have resided in the southeastern United States in the past ten years are eligible for the award. Crumbliss was given the award for his research on the biochemistry of iron and how different iron carriers mobilize and deposit iron at specific sites in a biological system, as well as for his leadership positions within the University and national and international organizations. The Chronicle’s Danielle Muoio spoke with Crumbliss about receiving the award and his research.
Duke University’s success in improving heart attack treatment in North Carolina will be emulated in other parts of the country.
Despite controversy surrounding the passage of the Affordable Care Act, leaders from the Duke University Health System have stood behind the legislation.
It took a while to get “just right,” but the drug T-DM1 both fights breast cancer and delivers fewer side effects, said Dr. Kimberly Blackwell, director of the Breast Cancer Clinical Program and a professor of medicine at the Duke Cancer Institute.
Duke researchers have isolated an antibody that could aid in the creation of an HIV vaccine.
Duke engineers have paved a path toward the next generation of quantum electronic devices.
Without interventions, 42 percent of the American population will be obese by 2030, a rate that could cost billions in medical expenditures, a recent study predicted.
A collaborative effort to reduce diabetes in the South will receive a major boost from the federal government.