The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended in May 2017 that doctors should not screen adults who don't have signs or symptoms of thyroid cancer.…
Although additional research is needed, scientists at Duke Health are reporting results from a small, early-stage study of an experimental autism therapy for…
Shelley Hwang, MD, chief of breast surgery at the Duke Cancer Institute, has been named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people for 2016 as a pioneer in her…
Patients who need their thyroid glands removed should seek surgeons who perform 25 or more thyroidectomies a year for the least risk of complications,…
Baby Elijah is doing well after being diagnosed with a rare liver disease at birth. He owes his life to a stranger who offered to donate a portion of her liver…
Duke researcher Joseph McClernon, PhD, spends his days studying nicotine addiction in hopes of finding new ways to help people quit smoking and live healthier…
Randy Pence was going to die without a bone marrow transplant to treat his chronic leukemia. A match was found through the National Bone Marrow Donor Program.…