Duke-UNC One of Five Epicenters Nationwide to Receive Funding from CDC
CDC awards $26M to support research on new ways to prevent superbugs and improve healthcare quality
The Department of Community and Family Medicine is Celebrating its 50th Anniversary
Improving the Health of People in Their Communities for 50 Years
Control of a Timekeeping Circuit in the Brain Alters Mood
By combining super-fine electrodes and tiny amounts of a very specific drug, Duke University researchers have singled out a circuit in mouse brains and taken control of it to dial an animal’s mood
Four Duke Medical Students Named North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) announced the selection of its 2016-2017 class of North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows.
Dr. Willett Honored with ASTRO Gold Medal
Christopher G. Willett, MD, FASTRO, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Duke University School of Medicine, has been named a recipient of the American Society for Radiat
Duke Team Performs First Hand Transplant in NC
A Duke team has performed the first hand transplant in North Carolina, attaching the limb to a 54-year-o
Study of 81,000 Adults Examines Mental Illness, Gun Violence and Suicide
People with serious mental illnesses who use guns to commit suicide are often legally eligible to purchase guns, despite having a past record of an involuntary mental health examination and brief h
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Scientists Discover and Test New Class of Pain Relievers
A research team at Duke University has discovered a potential new class of small-molecule drugs that simultaneously block two sought-after targets in the treatment of pain.