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.

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.

Lori Pierce, a radiation oncologist, professor, and vice provost for academic and faculty affairs at the University of Michigan, says there is an important but frequently misunderstood distinction between “equality of care” and “equity of care.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Several Duke Cancer representatives were thrilled to join the founders of the I’m Not Done Yet Foundation, an important partner with DCI’s Teen and Young Adult Oncology Program, to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq on Friday, Oct. 7.

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