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Still Puzzling: Best Care for the Frail and Elderly with Coronary Artery Disease
DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...
08/19/2008
Still Puzzling: Best Care for the Frail and Elderly with Coronary Artery Disease
DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...
08/18/2008
PCI Preference - Will That Be an Arm or a Leg?
DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to...
08/18/2008
Five Ways to Save Money Without Sacrificing Your Healthcare
When the economy sputters and the cost of living spikes, people inevitably look for ways to cut financial corners -- even on basics like healthcare.
08/15/2008
Safer Triggers and Training Decrease Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
08/14/2008
Duke-NIEHS Team Shows How DNA Repairs May Reshape the Genome
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species.
08/13/2008
Cardiac Resynchronization: Race, Age, and Geography Matter, Study Shows
Race, age, and geography appear to play important roles in who receives cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), a proven treatment for some patients with heart failure.
08/11/2008
Study Finds More PSA Screening Awareness Needed Among High-Risk Groups
In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, yet only one in three young black men reported ever having a PSA test in the previous year.
08/11/2008
Older Cancer Survivors Should Heed Concerns About Dietary Supplements
Many older people who have survived cancer five years or more take vitamins, minerals or other dietary supplements in hopes of remaining free of the disease.
08/11/2008
Key to Treating Cancer May Be Finding its Original Cell
Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity.
08/11/2008
DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...
08/19/2008
Still Puzzling: Best Care for the Frail and Elderly with Coronary Artery Disease
DURHAM, N.C. – A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain,...
08/18/2008
PCI Preference - Will That Be an Arm or a Leg?
DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to...
08/18/2008
Five Ways to Save Money Without Sacrificing Your Healthcare
When the economy sputters and the cost of living spikes, people inevitably look for ways to cut financial corners -- even on basics like healthcare.
08/15/2008
Safer Triggers and Training Decrease Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
08/14/2008
Duke-NIEHS Team Shows How DNA Repairs May Reshape the Genome
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species.
08/13/2008
Cardiac Resynchronization: Race, Age, and Geography Matter, Study Shows
Race, age, and geography appear to play important roles in who receives cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), a proven treatment for some patients with heart failure.
08/11/2008
Study Finds More PSA Screening Awareness Needed Among High-Risk Groups
In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, yet only one in three young black men reported ever having a PSA test in the previous year.
08/11/2008
Older Cancer Survivors Should Heed Concerns About Dietary Supplements
Many older people who have survived cancer five years or more take vitamins, minerals or other dietary supplements in hopes of remaining free of the disease.
08/11/2008
Key to Treating Cancer May Be Finding its Original Cell
Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity.
08/11/2008
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