Looking Beyond the Drug Receptor for Clues to Drug Effectiveness
08/25/2008

Antipsychotic drugs that are widely used to treat schizophrenia and other problems may not work as scientists have assumed, according to findings...

Duke Medicine Physician-Scientist Receives National Medal of Science
08/25/2008

President Bush today named Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University Medical Center, a recipient...

Still Puzzling: Best Care for the Frail and Elderly with Coronary Artery Disease
08/19/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...

PCI Preference - Will That Be an Arm or a Leg?
08/18/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to...

Still Puzzling: Best Care for the Frail and Elderly with Coronary Artery Disease
08/18/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...

HIV Conquers Immune System Faster than Previously Realized
08/18/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to...

TIP SHEET: Skimping on healthcare is a risky way to save when economic times are tough
08/15/2008

Deferring potentially life-saving screening tests or throttling back on medications is a risky, pennywise-pound-foolish way to save money in tough...

Safer Triggers and Training Decrease Nail Gun Injuries
08/14/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters,...

Duke-NIEHS Team Shows How DNA Repairs May Reshape the Genome
08/13/2008

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections...

Cardiac Resynchronization: Race, Age, Geography Matter, Study Shows
08/11/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – Race, age, and geography appear to play important roles in who receives cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), a proven treatment...

Key to Treating Cancer May Be Finding its Original Cell
08/11/2008

Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped...

OLDER CANCER SURVIVORS SHOULD HEED CONCERNS ABOUT DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
08/11/2008

Many older people who have survived cancer five years or more take vitamins, minerals or other dietary supplements in hopes of remaining free of...

STUDY FINDS MORE PSA SCREENING AWARENESS NEEDED AMONG HIGH-RISK GROUPS
08/11/2008

In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that...

PSA Screening May be Biased Against Obese Men, Leading to More Aggressive Cancers
08/08/2008

Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be...

NEW SCHOOL YEAR: TIPS ON STARTING AND STAYING HEALTHY
08/05/2008

School's about to start and schedules will soon be filled with extra-curricular activities. That makes it hard to keep health top-of-mind. Experts...

Exploring Family History May Reveal Missing Chapter in Alzheimer's Mystery
07/29/2008

Analyzing family histories of Alzheimer's disease reveals that the gene most often associated with the disease does not provide a complete picture...

Practice Recommendations are Published to Improve Exercise Testing in Cancer Patients
07/28/2008

DURHAM, N.C.—Exercise testing is becoming more common in cancer care, but most of the tests are not being administered in accordance with...

Freshman 15: What Triggers it; How to Avoid it
07/25/2008

Freshmen can avoid the typical weight gain and start college on the right track with this advice from Elisabetta Politi, nutrition director at the...

One Missing Gene Leads to Fruitless Mating Rituals
07/23/2008

Male fruit flies missing a gene for one particular odor receptor become clueless in matters of love, scientists at Duke University Medical Center...

Scientists Identify How Gastric Reflux May Trigger Asthma
07/21/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for...

HIV Conquers Immune System Faster than Previously Realized
07/18/2008

DURHAM, N.C. – New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to...

New Approach to Cancer: Find Most Tightly Controlled Genes
07/18/2008

Scientists at a Duke University medical school in Singapore have found a new way to study cancer that could be very useful for developing targeted...

Duke Ranks Eighth Among Best U.S. Hospitals
07/14/2008

For the 19th year in a row, Duke University Hospital has been named as one of the top 10 U.S. hospitals in the annual U.S. News & World Report's...

Young Women's Breast Cancers Have More Aggressive Genes, Worse Prognosis
07/08/2008

DURHAM, N.C. -- Young women's breast cancers tend to be more aggressive and less responsive to treatment than the cancers that arise in older...

Access to Cancer Care Not Affected by Changes in Doctors' Reimbursement
07/08/2008

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which reduced the amount of money doctors are reimbursed for the delivery of chemotherapy...