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Should You Get an Annual Physical?
The annual physical came under fire recently when a medical study suggested it was no longer necessary. The news, combined with recent changes in cancer screening guidelines, left many people confused. How often should you see your doctor for checkups to stay healthy?
Nov. 19, 2012

Should Your Adolescent Get the HPV Vaccine?
Ever since the human papillomavirus virus (HPV) vaccine was added to the immunization schedule for girls, and more recently for boys, parents have been questioning why their young children need a vaccine against cervical cancer and whether the vaccine is safe. Here, Soenda Norman, MD, a family medicine physician with Duke Primary Care Brier Creek, shares the facts behind the vaccine and explains why it’s an important vaccination that boys and girls should receive.
Nov. 2, 2012

Letter to Patients on Flu Vaccine
A plea from the division of Infectious Diseases on the importance of the flu shot this season.
Oct. 9, 2012

What is With This QT Interval?
Irregular heart rates are common in children, but occasional there are heart rate rhythms that are abnormal, or there is a family history of abnormal heart rhythms. Salim Idriss, MD, PhD explains abnormal heart rhythms in the following discussion.
Sept. 11, 2012

What Are Hemangiomas?
There are a lot of questions surroudning strawberry marks or hemangiomas in infants and children – will they stay? – will they grow? – will they go away?

Jane Bellet, MD, FAAD, FAAP, an expert in pediatric dermatology, offers some information and advice designed to answer questions asked by parents of children with hemangiomas.
Sept. 11, 2012

Does Your Child Snore? It May Signal Behavioral Problems
If your toddler snores, don’t ignore it. Loud, constant snoring in 2 to 3-year olds may be connected to behavioral problems, according to a recent study published online in Pediatrics.
Sept. 7, 2012

Tracy R. Ray QA
QA with Tracy R. Ray, M.D., Duke Medicine's new specialist in orthopaedics and family medicine
Aug. 17, 2012

Duke Awarded Highest State Honor as Business Role Model
Duke University Hospital has become the first hospital in North Carolina to achieve the highest level in the N.C. Awards for Excellence program that recognizes exemplary business practices.

June 19, 2012

Smart Bomb Targets Breast Cancer
Duke cancer specialist Kim Blackwell, MD, is featured in national and international media talking about successfully testing a new breast cancer drug that targets tumor cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
June 5, 2012

Cutting Heart Attack Treatment Time Saves Lives
Duke cardiologist James Jollis, MD, talks about newly published DCRI research which explains how cutting time to heart attack treatment is saving lives on ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer.
June 5, 2012

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