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Tracking your daily food consumption on your phone may help you shed a few pounds.
The federal approval marks a pivotal step in the development of treatments meant specifically for maternal depression—a highly stigmatized and often debilitating condition.
A company started by Duke researchers harnesses advanced software to fight drug resistance with the goal of creating more effective cancer treatments.
The blood vessels in your eyes may allow for earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease, a new Duke study suggests.
Duke Regional Hospital just started the largest construction project since its opening in 1976.
A recent oceanography study sponsored by Duke, along with other institutions, discovered new insight into how the ocean circulates.
From designer babies to genetically modified food, gene editing has brought many ethical questions to the forefront.
On Thanksgiving, a team 40 Duke medical personnel came together to perform the first bilateral hand transplant in North Carolina.
The Duke Endowment just provided a $50 million grant to the University to hire more researchers in engineering, mathematics, medicine, sciences and technology.
With rising sea levels and human development threatening wetlands, the effects of hurricanes could become even more devastating.
The deepest question some people ask themselves is where to eat at the Brodhead Center, but for one Duke professor, her questions revolve around ethical quandaries in scientific research.
Sharing videos of cute exotic animals interacting with humans may be fun, but a Duke study found it may have a negative impact on non-domesticated animals.
Marine biologists now know more about the world's deepest-diving mammal thanks to a new Duke study.
A new study from Duke shows that cardiac magnetic resonance testing can not only non-invasively diagnose coronary artery disease, but can also determine whether or not it is fatal.
Researchers at Duke recently brought attention to the fact that although AIDS-related deaths have decreased overall, youth aged 10 to 19 years have experienced a 50 percent increase in mortality in recent years.
A tumor removal tool created at Duke was recently designated a “Breakthrough Device" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Duke hopes to strengthen scientific integrity through its newly established Office of Scientific Integrity, an administrator from the office said Thursday evening.
New research has led a Duke professor to rescind a hypothesis he made years ago.
Cancer medication may help treat pneumonia too.
During the last several years, marijuana use has increased, as medical cannabis has become legalized in 33 U.S. states.
