DukeMed Magazine Archives

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
  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)