Fewer Americans Think Smoking A Pack A Day Poses A Great Health Risk
About 3 out of 4 Americans agree that smoking cigarettes causes health problems, but public perception of the risks posed by smoking may be declining, according to a Duke Health study published in
Duke Health Leaders Discuss Big Data in SFO
On February 20, approximately 150 Duke alumni attended a talk in San Francisco hosted by A. Eugene Washington, MD, chancellor for health affairs; Mary E.
Newest Data Shows Childhood Obesity Continues to Increase
Despite reports in recent years suggesting childhood obesity could be reaching a plateau in some groups, the big picture on obesity rates for children ages 2 to 19 remains unfavorable.
Animal Study Shows How to Retrain the Immune System to Ease Food Allergies
Treating food allergies might be a simple matter of teaching the immune system a new trick, researchers at Duke Health have found.
Heitman Receives Prestigious Stanley Korsmeyer Award from ASCI
Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology in the Duke Univer
With New Center, DCI Tackles Brain Metastasis Head-On
Nearly 150,000 Americans annually are diagnosed with cancer that has metastasized, or traveled, to the brain. The number is projected to rise.
Alzheimer's Drug Repairs Brain Damage After Alcohol Binges In Rodents
Drug appears to reverse structural and genetic brain changes that affect memory, learning
Congratulations to the 2018 ADVANCE-UP Pilot Cohort!
ADVANCE-UP (Academic DeVelopment, Advocacy, Networking, Coaching and Education for Underrepresented Populations) is a year-long pilot progr