The Rapid Rise of Duke-NUS
In its short but action-packed history, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore has grown in a mere six years from a promise on paper into a dynamic institution that is well on its way to becoming one of the leading medical schools in Asia.
Research with a Global Reach: Duke-NUS
The opening of Duke-NUS has opened up new opportunities for researchers in both Durham and Singapore to advance biomedical science on a global scale.
Leading with TeamLEAD: An Innovative Curriculum at Duke-NUS
More than 100 delegations from all over the world have visited Duke-NUS to learn more about the school’s innovative approach to medical education, TeamLEAD.
The Brain Electric: Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurologic Disorders
Duke researchers are investigating deep brain stimulation, which can suppress the symptoms of some neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
Not-So-Deep Brain Stimulation: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at Duke
When Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby, MD, joined Duke as the new chair of psychiatry last October, she brought with her a prodigious lab that has been instrumental in developing new devices for psychiatric disorders.
Rethinking Primary Care
Faced with rising costs, rampant chronic illness, and government reforms, Duke Medicine is making radical changes on the front lines of health care.
Primary Care 101
Medical students participating in Duke’s Primary Care Leadership Track pilot program are gaining a new perspective on how medicine is practiced.
Living Laboratories: Duke Primary Care Practices
Since 1996, Duke Primary Care practices have participated in more than 70 clinical studies involving more than 6,000 patients -- generating evidence that improves primary care nationwide.
Lung Cancer: Is “The Blame Game” Hurting our Progress?
Thomas A. D'Amico, MD, discusses the unfortunate stigma of lung cancer in our society, how this affects research funding, awareness of the disease, and attitudes toward lung cancer victims.
CT Screening for Lung Cancer
For the first time, people at high risk for lung cancer will have access to screening that uses computed tomography (CT) scans.
Infection Control: High-Tech Cleaning of High-Touch Surfaces
Total room ultraviolet disinfection (Tru-D) light devices are a new technology used as part of a Duke study focusing on the cleaning hospital rooms and reducing the spread of health-care-associated infections.
Considering a New Weight-Loss Cocktail: Q&A with Kishore Gadde, MD
Kishore Gadde, MD, director of Duke’s obesity clinical trials program, discusses the promising results of a recent multicenter study that showed a new combination of existing drugs may help patients struggling with obesity.
Patch Work: Building New Heart Tissue -- From Scratch to Patch
Duke biomedical engineers are using undifferentiated stem cells to build functioning patches of heart tissue that can directly replace damaged or malfunctioning heart-muscle cells.
Balloon Sinuplasty: Cutting-Edge Sinus Surgery with No Cutting Involved
Duke's Donna Sharpe, MD, was the first physician in North Carolina to perform balloon sinuplasty in an office setting.
Rebuilding Smiles: Updates in Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
Jeffrey R. Marcus, MD, director of the Duke Cleft and Craniofacial Program, says that in treatment of cleft lip and palate, less really is more.
Mighty Metabolites: Metabolomics Research Is on the Fast Track
Duke researchers are studying metabolic processes in the body to identify who is at risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
The Power of Partnership
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Chancellor Dzau discusses the importance of local and global collaborations and how these partnerships will help Duke Medicine continue to thrive as an institution and better the world's health care.
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