Social stress affects gene regulation in primates
(04/30/12 4:00am)
Social stress may affect people not just emotionally but also at the genetic level, a recent Duke study suggests.
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Social stress may affect people not just emotionally but also at the genetic level, a recent Duke study suggests.
Duke has expanded its student medical insurance plan to cover testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Duke Student Government addressed the strong student response to the potential change in the Divinity School Refectory ownership at their final meeting of the academic year Tuesday.
Filmmaker John Sayles has won numerous awards but never before for environmentalism.
Ten students are running for Duke Student Government vice president positions but only two races are contested.
In a recently published article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Noah Kalman, a joint medical doctorate and MBA candidate at the School of Medicine and the Fuqua School of Business, and his co-authors argue that Medicare would save $17 billion annually if hospitals were required to offer patients a warranty on medical services. The warranty-based program seeks to alter Medicare’s readmissions-reduction program by giving hospitals a financial incentive to reduce the rate of patient readmittance. The Chronicle’s Danielle Muoio spoke with Kalman about his proposal and its effect on Medicare, hospitals and patient care.
While crowds of students flocked to Old Duke Friday afternoon, 23 students gathered in the Old Chemistry Building for a 48-hour statistical science competition.
Students had the opportunity Monday to discuss morality at the home of President Richard Brodhead, with a goal of applying the discussion to their everyday lives.
A monkey sauntered on a treadmill in Durham and half-way across the world a robot sprang into motion.
There is a high correlation between people who suffer childhood trauma and those who contract HIV, a recent study found.
Know Your Status—a student organization at Duke that conducts free, rapid HIV tests—has found disparities between students’ perceived risk of acquiring HIV and their actual, objective risk.
The way clinical studies inform patients about what they are getting involved with works no better in the U.S. than elsewhere in the world, one expert said.
Dr. Haywood Brown, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke Medicine, received the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s 2012 Achievement Award. Brown, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, is known for working with women at high-risk outcomes, and in particular, women from underserved communities. He also started a global health initiative to address women’s health concerns in less developed regions. The Chronicle’s Danielle Muoio sat down with Brown to discuss his award and involvement with maternal-fetal medicine.
Duke Integrative Medicine is now accepting insurance in order to increase patient access.
Nearly two years since opening, TROSA Grocery remains committed to providing a convenient place for residents to purchase healthy food options.
To many of the people who contributed to the construction of the Duke Cancer Center, their return on investment has already been paid in full.
The Duke Cancer Center opened its doors this week to cancer patients, medical professionals and the Duke community, offering the first glimpses of the long-awaited multidisciplinary facility.
Senior Jason Klein couldn’t have expected an experience half way around the world to follow him back to Duke, but after spending a summer in South Africa traveling to cancer clinics, he didn’t want to give up the opportunity to help others in one of life’s greatest struggles.
The February opening of the Duke Cancer Center is a simultaneous testament to the future of cancer treatment and the historical evolution of patient care at Duke.
Duke will debut an integrated model for cancer treatment when the Duke Cancer Center opens its doors this month.