DukeMed Magazine Archives

Volume 10, Issue 2 (Winter 2011)

• From the Brink: Ventricular Assist Devices for Heart Failure
  A new generation of heart pumps could be the turning point in a once-uncertain therapy for end-stage heart failure.
• Care Beyond Cure: The Rise of Palliative Medicine
  Duke is championing the concept of palliative care which focuses not on cure at any cost, but on relief and prevention of suffering.
• Clinician Q&A: Fighting Fatty Liver Disease
  The rippling health implications for our increasingly obese nation go deeper than most patients think.
• Controversies in Medicine: Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?
  Philip M. Rosoff, MD, explains the importance of having a plan to help doctors choose which patients to treat first in the case of pandemic or disaster.
• A Pill for Every Ill: Managing the Pitfalls of Polypharmacy
  The growing number of people who take more than one medication has created a risk for adverse drug interactions and duplicate drug therapy.
• Clinician Q&A: Vaccines at the OB–GYN Office?
  DukeMed Magazine talked with Geeta Swamy, MD, director of obstetrics clinical research at Duke, about a vaccination pilot program’s success in North Carolina.
• Cancer Vaccines: The Quest Continues
  Duke’s extensive work in developing and testing cancer vaccines means that patients can participate in trials of vaccines for many types of cancers.
• What We Learn from Bird Brains
  Duke's Richard Mooney, PhD, records the songs of birds who are learning to sing and compares their progress to activity in the young birds’ brains -- research that could unlock the mechanics of human auditory learning.
• A New Day for Cancer Patients, At Duke and Beyond (PDF document, 328.89 KB)
  Chancellor Dzau discusses the plan to revolutionize the way we marshal Duke’s efforts in the war on cancer: the Duke Cancer Institute.

Volume 10, Issue 1 (Summer 2010)

• Anxious Times
  Duke psychiatrists say that accurate diagnosis, circumspect prescribing, and strategic referral to behavioral therapy or specialty care can bring solace to the millions of Americans with anxiety disorders.
• Clinician Q&A: Peripheral Vascular Disease
  Duke experts discuss the latest thinking in diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease, a common -- and commonly overlooked -- condition.
• Controversies in Medicine: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
  Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD, discusses what doctors and patients need to consider when using direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
• Questions for the Chair: Mary Klotman, MD
  Mary Klotman, MD, the new chair of the Duke University Department of Medicine, recently answered questions about her first few weeks on the job and her vision for the Department of Medicine.
• Who Needs a Mammogram?
  Amy Abernethy, director of the Duke Cancer Center Research Program, explains the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammogram guidelines and shares how these guidelines will affect patients.

Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 2009)

• Duke Medicine's Plan to Expand
  This fall, Duke Medicine launched an ambitious expansion of its medical center that will transform not only the map of our main campus, but also the experience of every patient, student, and staff member it serves.
• Dueling Guidelines
  Gastroenterologist Joanne Wilson, MD, and radiologist Erik Paulson, MD, discuss the ongoing debates about the best way to screen for colon cancer.
• New Angles on AFib: Innovative Treatments and Research
  Physicians in Duke’s new Center for Atrial Fibrillation are now restoring healthy heartbeats in more than 90 percent of patients -- and counting.
• Outside Influences
  In a unique partnership, Duke cancer and environmental scientists are reaching outside their own spheres to study how environmental factors may give rise to cancer -- and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Volume 9, Issue 1 (Winter 2009)

• Sound Plans
  Duke's new Hearing Center gives hope to the millions who suffer from hearing loss.
• Rationing Health Care: Why We Shouldn't Always Get What We Need
  Bioethicist Gopal Sreenivasan, PhD, asserts that a seemingly severe approach to health care reform -- rationing -- is not only part of a workable solution, but a moral duty.
• Robots in the OR
  Learn how robots are changing the face of surgery.

Volume 8, Issue 2 (Summer 2008)

• Finding Freedom from Back Pain
  How Duke clinicians are helping patients cope with one of the most common--and debilitating--ailments in health care.
• Duke Transplant Center: A Matter of Life and Breath
  Double-lung transplant patient Gordon Weeks is proof of principle for the Duke Transplant Center.
• Multi-Vessel Heart Disease
  The "best" treatment may not be what you think. Duke heart experts debate the merits of three key interventions.
• A New Normal for Cancer Survivors
  Learn how Duke is changing care to meet the needs of an exploding patient population -- cancer survivors

Volume 8, Issue 1 (Winter 2008)

• Sleep Chasers
  Meet the caretakers of that forgotten third of our lives -- the portion we spend asleep.
• Mending Hearts
  Every year in the United States some 40,000 babies are born with congenital heart defects. Today, advances in care are helping patients of any age to not just survive -- but thrive.
• The Sports Team
  From conducting research to enhancing athletic performance to helping weekend warriors recover from injury, Duke’s squad of sports medicine professionals tackle the problems that limit activity.
• Meet the Dean: Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD
  Meet the new dean of Duke University School of Medicine and learn about her vision and direction for the program.

Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2007)

Volume 6, Issue 2 (Fall 2006)

Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 2006)

Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall 2005)

Volume 5, Issue 1 (Spring 2005)

Volume 4, Issue 2 (Fall 2004)

Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2004)

Volume 2, Issue 2 (Fall 2002)