Adaptive form of deep brain stimulation with twice the number of electrodes improved the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in six patients

Duke Life Flight’s helicopters and ambulances, along with the specialized medical staff from Duke University Hospital, has been providing rapid life-saving care to critical patients since 1985.

To celebrate Women's History Month, Mary Klotman, MD, shares a recap of various women she has interviewed who are making an impact on health and equity.

The Founding of Duke Hospital and Schools of Medicine and Nursing turn Duke into medical powerhouse.

A generous donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, hopes to move the needle on prostate cancer research at Duke. Their $1 million gift will support the work of Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, Johnston-West Endowed Department Chair of Pathology, to conduct prostate cancer research in partnership with the Duke Cancer Institute’s (DCI) Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers.

As the executive vice president for the Duke University Health System from 2008 to 2021, Fulkerson oversaw an era of tremendous growth and the crisis conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A common powerful mutation found in melanoma can push heart muscle cells to multiply in laboratory models of heart tissue.

Dean Mary Klotman, MD, marks the beginning of Women's History Month and encourages viewers to check out resources about some of the extraordinary women who have helped to shape Duke. She also highlights an important Duke study about tumor biology, and tells of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that unites Duke, UNC, and NC State to develop tools to map and manipulate kinases - enzymes that play a key role in many diseases.

A perplexing problem for people with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) is persistent pain, even after antibiotics have successfully cleared the bacteria. Now Duke Health researchers have identified the likely cause - an overgrowth of nerve cells in the bladder.

In this month’s EDI Spotlight, Madhav Swaminathan, MD shares how he became involved with a group focused on increasing inclusion of neurodiversity, a disability that he says is often hidden yet deserves more attention in EDI work.