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The National Institutes of Health awarded Duke University Medical Center a $4 million grant last week to study infectious diseases in AIDS patients in Tanzania. University scholars say the grant is only the beginning for Duke�s renewed focus on global health care.
Student Health will hold its first health and fitness week Monday through Friday in the hopes of highlighting healthy lifestyles for undergraduates.
Durham Regional Hospital is at risk of losing $67 million of Medicare funds following a patient�s leap from a fifth-floor window Aug. 11.
Dawn Marshall suffers from undifferentiated connective tissue disorder. Symptoms range from chronic pain and swelling to extreme fatigue and sleep problems. The Duke employee is an active member of society but constantly feels ill. Conventional medicine has not provided her an acceptable form of relief—Marshall believes prescribed medicines often have similar side effects to already existing symptoms. As a last resort, she turned to the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine for help.
Duke named Catherine Gilliss, dean of the nursing school at Yale University, the new dean of its School of Nursing. Gilliss will take over Oct. 1 when current dean Mary Champagne retires.
This fall, Duke Student Health will implement a system of prospective medicine, an educational and preventive approach that attempts to stem risk factors that could cause health problems in the future.
After playing semi-pro baseball, being held hostage in a prison riot, coaching basketball and raising Duke's Counseling and Psychological Services to new heights, James Clack, current director of CAPS, has seen and done plenty.
Through a new initiative at its Medical Center, Duke University is returning to its tobacco roots.
Annabelle Green is two years old. She wakes up at seven in the morning, eats breakfast and then, for 16 hours, she is infused with medication and nutritional supplements. She sings the alphabet and does not cry when her blood is drawn.
When former president Ronald Reagan announced his affliction with Alzheimer's disease in November 1994, he de-stigmatized an oft-neglected disease and provided momentum for research for years to come.
As its long-time director prepares to leave at the end of June, Duke Student Health is reorganizing its departmental structure in an effort officials claim will enable them to serve the needs of the University's students more effectively.
The Duke University Medical Center Emergency Department will receive $29.8 million to expand and renovate its emergency room facilities in the hopes of improving patient flow issues and preparing for future growth.
This is the final story of a three-part series.
In a blow to the commonly held belief that money and technology improve lives, Duke researchers have found that the level of well-being for American children has increased only slightly since 1975.
Students planning on sending e-mails this weekend should consider an alternative means of communication, as the Office of Information Technology will shut down e-mail service for approximately 12 hours starting tonight at 9 p.m.
Deep within the Duke Forest a team of researchers are immersed in the hope of understanding the future of tree growth in a carbon dioxide-enriched atmosphere. However, the outlook for the future was somewhat dimmed due to growth rates discovered slower than originally expected.
Dr. Christopher Willett, professor of radiation oncology, replaced interim chair Dr. Leonard Prosnitz as chair of radiation oncology at Duke University Medical Center Monday. Announced as the successor in December, Willett plans to build on the progress achieved by the young department in recent years.
The signatures of Duke's William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Stuart Pimm, ecology professor, and John Gibbons, Graduate School '54, joined a list of more than 60 distinguished U.S. scientists in a 38-page report condemning the Bush administration's use of politics in scientific policymaking last week.
On a cold January afternoon, with slush and ice still cemented to the ground, Sherwood Rowland, Nobel laureate and honorary Duke alumnus, spoke about the dangers of global warming in a lecture titled "The Changing Atmosphere in 2004."
A current lack of funds is delaying the groundbreaking of a new facility intended to unite the School of Nursing into one building. As administrators continue to locate and secure funds, the date of completion for the $16.8 million structure remains unclear.
