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 Chancellor Washington Introducing the Duke Health Intitiative  

  Lab experiments show promise for an anti-fungal compound found in nature The Warburg Effect describes a phenomenon in which cancer cells voraciously consume glucose for energy – something scientists have long known, yet have had little success exploiting as a way to stunt tumor growth.

During World War II, the Soviet Red Army was forced to move their biological warfare operations out of the path of advancing Nazi troops. Among the dangerous cargo were vials of Francisella tularensis, the organism that causes tularemia and one of the world’s most infectious pathogens.

Adrian Hernandez, MD, has been named the new vice dean for clinical research for the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Hernandez will begin his service as vice dean on September 5, 2017.

Through a recently awarded K12 grant, the Department of Population Health Sciences will train Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) scholars to use rigorous qualitative and quantitative methods that will impact cardiovascular health outcomes. The program will be spearheaded by its Program Director, Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD, and Associate Director, Ebony Boulware, MD, PhD.

 

Study shows that delaying CPR is associated with worse survival Surviving cardiac arrest often seems like a matter of luck – whether a passerby knows CPR, or a defibrillator is close at hand or the ambulance arrives quickly. But one surprising factor also plays a role: The racial makeup of your neighborhood.

Genetics of digestion little-changed in 420 million years Scientists have discovered a network of genes and genetic regulatory elements in the lining of the intestines that has stayed remarkably the same from fishes to humans. Many of these genes are linked to human illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, diabetes and obesity. 

In 2009, Deans Edward Buckley, MD and Colleen Grochowski, PhD of the Duke School of Medicine (SoM) asked for a group to come together to figure out how to promote primary care at the school.  Duke had received a gift from the estate of Edith Martin that stipulated that the money be used to promote primary care.  A group of dedicated educators started brainstorming together.  Among that group, Dr.

Improving use of anticoagulation drugs is a key to preventing strokes DURHAM, N.C. -- Only about half of patients with atrial fibrillation worldwide take anticoagulant drugs, despite the medications being highly effective in preventing strokes. Increasing the use of anticoagulation therapies could prevent hundreds of thousands of strokes each year. A new study shows that education, measurement and feedback are effective approaches to increasing the use of anticoagulants, and demonstrate on a large scale how this improvement can be achieved.