As the new chief patient officer at the American Cancer Society, Arif Kamal is working to ensure that cancer treatment goes beyond providing the appropriate therapy and also addresses each patient’s individual circumstances.

2019 Nobel Prize winner Bill Kaelin says he’d be disappointed if he could predict the next big thing in cancer research and care, because many of the greatest advances come from unexpected directions.

Eugenie S. Kleinerman, chair of the Division of Pediatrics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is exploring how to alter the tumor microenvironment to increase the efficacy of treatments and improve outcomes.

Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS) today reaffirmed their commitment to Duke-NUS Medical School -- Singapore’s flagship graduate-entry, research-focused medical school -- by renewing their partnership agreement.

We reach for cough drops when we’re sick, pain cream for aches, breath mints to freshen up, eye drops for dry eyes, and cold packs to ease inflammation after injury.

Anru Zhang, PhD, hopes to give physicians another tool to treat disease and improve health – by turning patients’ electronic medical records into a treasure trove of information.

Cynthia Toth, MD, has revolutionized retinal imaging for both adult and pediatric patients. A pioneer and one of the world’s leading experts in optical coherence tomography (OCT), she has helped develop better ways to diagnose and predict the course of blinding eye diseases such as macular degeneration and retinopathy of prematurity, one of the most common causes of childhood vision loss.

Duke University cardiology researchers are teaming up with North Carolina emergency care personnel—EMS, fire, police, 911 dispatch and community members—across the state in a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial that will test community interventions to improve survival for out of hospital cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the U.S.

The Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) and the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine received a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for HIV vaccine research that could total $25.9 million with full funding over five years.

Transcendental Meditation may help improve the lives of health care workers experiencing burnout, poor sleep, and anxiety symptoms.