Erin Roth
Blogs by Erin Roth
Cervical Disc Replacement: A New Option for Neck Pain and Shooting Arm Pain
Cervical disc replacement surgery is a new option for people with pain in the neck and/or arm due to arthritis or degenerative disc disease. Unlike cervical…
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Why Are More Young Women Being Diagnosed With Cancer?
More women under age 40 are being diagnosed with breast cancer than ever before. While family history is a known risk factor, the rising incidence among women…
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Can a Simple Blood Test Detect Cancer?
Multi-cancer early detection tests–MCEDs for short–are being touted as game-changers with the potential to change cancer screening and detection within the…
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Multifidus Stimulation Helps Strengthen Muscles to Reduce Low Back Pain
A new neurostimulation device is helping people find relief from chronic lower back pain by rebuilding weak multifidus muscles, which help stabilize the lower…
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Radioligand Therapy: Using a Targeted Approach to Treat Cancer
A new generation of image-guided treatments uses radioactive material to target and destroy cancer cells with fewer side effects than standard cancer…
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Down 60 Pounds and Walking Five Miles Daily, Months After Gastric Sleeve
Billy Morning had always been a big guy, but around the time he turned 50, he knew it was time to do something about his weight. His father died after a heart…
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Cell Therapy: Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment and Beyond
Cellular therapies are showing tremendous promise for certain cancers previously thought to be incurable. While there are several types of cell therapies, they…
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Should Immunotherapy Become the First Line of Treatment for Metastatic Cancer?
For many years, the focus of cancer treatment has been to kill or destroy cancer cells with chemotherapy and radiation. But new research from the Duke Cancer…
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Pluvicto® Extends Life of NC Man with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Ned Steele has tried many treatments in the 18 years he’s been living with prostate cancer, but none has worked better than PLUVICTO®. Thanks to the efforts of…
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Aggressive Disease Leads to Life-Saving Lung Transplant at Duke
Bryant Grey was only 31 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive lung disease. “It was insane,” he said. “It felt like one day I was short of breath, and the…
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Plastic Pollution Is Everywhere: What We Know and What We Hope to Learn
We live in an environment where plastic is in our clothing fibers, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the gum we chew, and the water we drink. Millions of…
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After Moyamoya Surgery at Duke, Woman Returns to Normal Life
In the summer of 2025, Charlotte, NC resident Marisa Chow was 28 when she had a stroke. Months later, she was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease -- a rare…
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