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The Gift of Life: 10,000 Transplanted patients achieved, June 2022. Thank you to our amazing team for bringing the gift of life to our patients.

The Duke Transplant Center Performs 10,000th Transplant

July 19, 2022
This is a milestone that only 18 other centers in the U.S. have achieved and the first in North Carolina to meet that mark.
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An Uncertain Start, an Incredible Journey

July 18, 2022
Comprehensive care charts a bright future for twins born at 23 weeks.
 Left side: four faces. Top row has side by side female faces. left picture younger, right picture older. Bottom row is side by side of male faces. left picture younger, right picture older. Right side: a scatter graph of facial aging versus the pace of aging generally showing that the older a person looks, the faster their pace of aging.

Pace of Aging May Help Predict Risk of Dementia

July 18, 2022
Researchers have found that some people age slowly, only experiencing a few months’ worth of physical aging in a year, while others age more quickly, in effect, growing years older in just one calendar year.
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Access is Everything: How an Online Tool Can Make People Healthier

July 18, 2022
In an Op-ed, Kathryn Benson, an MD student and 2021–22 North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellow, talks about the NCCARE360 platform and how it makes learning about resources and referring individuals easier for providers.
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School of Medicine Establishes Onyekwere E. Akwari Endowed Professorship; Lisa McElroy Named Inaugural Recipient

July 15, 2022
Mary E. Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, announced today the creation of the Onyekwere E. Akwari, MD, Endowed Professorship, and named Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences, the inaugural recipient of this new professorship.
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Pandemic Amplified Existing Youth Mental Health Crisis

July 14, 2022
Media Brief: the pandemic has only amplified an already alarming mental health crisis among the nation’s young people – but there are ways for parents and communities to help.
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Duke-UNC Project Wins 3rd Place in American Heart Association Heart Failure Data Challenge

July 14, 2022
A team from Duke University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was awarded third place by the American Heart Association for a project addressing the elements of structural racism that lead to poor heart health.
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Study Finds No Benefit to Taking Fluticasone Furoate for COVID-19 Symptoms

July 14, 2022
A study led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) in partnership with Vanderbilt University found no symptomatic or clinical benefit to taking fluticasone furoate for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms.
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Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Reduced Deaths in Hospitalized COVID Patients

July 11, 2022
A monoclonal antibody treatment taken by patients hospitalized with COVID-19 did not improve recovery time but did reduce deaths, according to a study published July 8 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
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Meet Gerald Grant, MD, Chair of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery

July 7, 2022
A rich background -- which included time in the US Air Force and Iraq and as an endowed professor, associated dean, and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Stanford University-- contributed to the making of Grant into an outstanding leader poised to take Duke Neurosurgery to new and exciting directions.

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