Neurosurgeons may soon be able to visualize hidden parts of the brain while performing surgery.
The ability to understand false beliefs has long been thought to be unique to human consciousness, but a recent study revealed for the first time that great apes are capable of making this distinction as well.
Women have a new reason to turn to Botox, and it doesn't have to do with cosmetics.
Sad news for anyone who bought a fitness tracker during the summer—recent research suggests such devices do not help improve health.
The National Institutes of Health has named the Duke Clinical Research Institute the coordinating center of an initiative to study how environmental factors affect children's health.
The Duke Global Health Institute celebrated its 10th anniversary during a day-long symposium Wednesday.
Several Duke students participated in teams that placed first and second at the Triangle Health Innovation Challenge this year.
Ralph Snyderman, former chancellor for health affairs at Duke and dean of the School of Medicine from 1989 to 2004, is releasing a memoir Nov. 1 called "A Chancellor's Tale: Transforming Academic Medicine." The Chronicle spoke with Snyderman, who is also the James B. Duke professor of medicine, about his tenure as chancellor, the current state of health care and his advice for pre-med students.
New research shows that oxytocin, commonly known as the “love hormone” due to association with social behaviors, may also boost spirituality.
Duke investigators have begun to pinpoint a new mechanism behind the popular drug aspirin, highlighting its use in preventing cardiovascular diseases and colorectal cancers.
On the heels of a new funding agreement last June, the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore partnership continues to explore innovative medical curriculums.
Long the fodder for cheesy science-fiction movies, mind reading may be less unrealistic than previously thought.
The patient who received the first hand transplant in North Carolina history at Duke Hospital in May is recovering successful. A team led by Dr. Linda Cendales, associate professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and director of the hand transplant program, performed the surgery on May 27 on 54-year-old Rene Chavez, who lost his left hand in a childhood accident at the age of four.
Joseph DeSimone, co-inventor of a new form of three-dimensional printing technology, emphasized the importance of diversity at the Levine Science Research Center Tuesday.
When Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs, steps down next year, she will leave behind a legacy of open collaboration and strong leadership, her peers said.
A new study by the Sullivan Lab suggests that a major breakthrough in better understanding cancer might be hiding in plain sight.
Neither career lawyers nor fresh-faced premeds are excluded from Science, Law & Policy Laboratory, which is beginning its second year exploring science in a law and policymaking setting.
Christine Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and Environmental Protection Agency administrator when President George W. Bush was in office, discussed the importance of nuclear energy at the Sanford School of Public Policy Wednesday.
Durham, North Carolina—Duke has been awarded the IBM Health Corps award and will receive expertise from IBM’s top employees to build a communications infrastructure that will connect and advance community wellness programs. According to IBM Health Corps, “leading global researchers have declared that, for the first time in human history, we have the financial and technical capacity to eliminate key health disparities between lower and higher income nations, preventing nearly 130 million deaths by 2030.” IBM believes that by strategically investing in the research and development of health technology, the private sector can facilitate solutions to health challenges around the word.
Nobel laureate Paul Modrich spoke to the Duke community Wednesday about both his prize-winning discovery and his current work with DNA mismatch repair mechanisms in bacteria.
