By combining cutting-edge technology with disease-specific populations, the Duke Clinical Research Unit may provide a novel basis for understanding and treating medical illnesses.
Saturday, DUHS will send its second medical team to Haiti in an ongoing effort to provide health aid to the earthquake-stricken country.
Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, will also assume the role of vice chancellor for Duke-National University of Singapore Affairs of Duke Medicine.
The once scarce supply of H1N1 vaccines at Duke is now relatively plentiful.
The Medical School hopes to balance a budget and a vision in the coming year. Dr. Nancy Andrews, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, spoke to students, faculty...
Last month, renowned pianist Anton Kuerti came to Duke as part of Duke Performances’ piano recital series. For three hours, his music took those in the audience on an emotional journey, courtesy of...
What is your preferred form of birth control—pills, condoms or other? And have you experienced an unintended pregnancy in the last 12 months?
Since the Student Health Pharmacy closed exactly two months ago today, students have been filling their prescriptions at the Outpatient Pharmacy.
After 10 days in Haiti, the Duke medical team sent in the wake of last month’s earthquake returned home Monday.
A devastating earthquake has pushed Haiti into national focus, but many students are unfamiliar with the island’s people and culture. Deborah Jenson, a French studies professor, hopes to change...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged one of the largest donations in history to support vaccination around the world Jan. 29.
While some choose to raise funds in conventional ways—by selling cookies or washing cars—Venus Standard is raffling off her house.
For Duke University Health System, cleaning up may help keep costs down for patients. Last month, several Consumer Reports National Research Center surveys showed that 4 percent of patients and 28...
Duke is making another move to strengthen global relations—this time, with the prospect of medical advancement in mind. The University will collaborate on two initiatives with an India-based drug...
The water outage on Central Campus Wednesday evening was a result of construction taking place in the Medical Center.
When Kathy Walmer arrived in earthquake-stricken Haiti at the end of January, a highway bypass functioned as a makeshift airstrip.
Eighteen first-year graduate students in the Pratt School of Engineering are benefiting from personalized mentoring through a new program offered by the Engineering Graduate Student Council.
The new decade will see changes in health care technology.
Humans are social animals, and play is a fundamental part of human behavior. Sport, as a form of organized play, can bring people together in groups that resemble the clans, tribes, hunting bands...
