In a study of 9,430 adults aged 50 and older, researchers found a significant link between loneliness and insomnia symptoms, such as difficulty falling and staying asleep, waking up too early in the morning, and nonrestorative sleep.  

Medical schools across the country are increasingly incorporating visual arts and humanities programming into their curricula to address a variety of issues and skill sets that are relevant to clinical practice such as empathy, tolerance for ambiguity, and resiliency to burnout.

Creating programs to improve diversity in educational programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) can at times be like pushing a boulder up a mountain only to have it roll back do

In animal studies, the fat molecule encourages stem cells to generate new cells that produce the brain’s white matter.

Study published in Ophthalmology Epidemiology by senior author Julia Rosdahl, MD, PhD, shows one-third of glaucoma patients stop going to the eye doctor for follow-up care over a 10-year period, jeopardizing their sight.

Duke researchers conducted a multi-pronged analysis of data from the earlier study and found no link between the pancreatic microbiome and the development of pancreatic cancer.

The Office of Physician Scientist Development PRIME Summer Academy provides medical students, who have limited research opportunities at their schools, with hands-on research experience at the Duke University School of Medicine.

Fourth-year medical student Mary Moya-Mendez, MS, MHS, shares what motivated her to get involved with a Duke University School of Medicine organization aimed at helping students with a first generation and/or low income (FGLI) background navigate medical school.

Duke Health is working to rebuild trust in health care by partnering with pillars of the Black community: A.M.E. Zion pastors who have long been pivotal in the struggle for justice, equality, and civil rights. Partnering with pastors makes sense—after all, they’re in the healing business too.  

A process of surgically joining the circulatory systems of a young and old mouse slows the aging process at the cellular level and lengthens the lifespan of the older animal by up to 10%.