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DukeHealth.org Offers Doctor Ratings, Reviews
Being an educated patient means having the information you need to make important decisions about your health care. That’s why Dukehealth.org now publicly post ...
Duke Cancer Institute Joins National Endorsement of HPV Vaccination
The Duke Cancer Institute joined all 68 other top U.S. cancer centers in issuing a statement that urges increased HPV vaccinations to prevent cancer in respons ...
Duke Medicine Becomes Duke Health
Improving health has always been the ultimate goal for Duke Medicine. With this historical and overarching aspiration in mind, we are officially changing our n ...
Diagnosing Lung Cancer May Get Easier for Some Patients
A new test may reduce the need for expensive and invasive procedures to diagnose lung cancer in some patients. Momen Wahidi, MD, an interventional pulmonologis ...
Duke Hospitals Each Score an A in Hospital Safety
Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, and Duke Raleigh Hospital each scored an A in the fall 2015 hospital safety survey compiled by the Leapfrog G ...
Duke Launches Free Autism App
A team of Duke researchers and software developers has introduced a free iOS app to learn more about autism in young children living around the world.
A New Approach to Treating DCIS
Time magazine's cover story sheds light on doctors' new thinking about how to treat ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS with active surveillance, rather than more ...
Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Meets Stranger Who Saved His Life
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. ...
Novel Therapy Offers Second Chance at Life for People with Melanoma
Teresa Byrd almost lost hope after being diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. After participating in a clinical trial studying a new class of drugs that received F ...
Conjoined Twins Separated at Duke
Duke surgeons performed separated conjoined twins during a nine-hour operation that took place in June of 2015. Eight-month-old twins, Josiah and Aryan Covingt ...
Celebrating 30 years, 5,000 Adult Bone Marrow Transplants
Gerald Madren was a 29-year-old newlywed when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 1997. Nearly 18 years later, he’s cancer free, thanks to a stem cell transplant ...
Bouncing back after rare cartilage cancer
Brandon Lail has always been known for his upbeat approach to life. However, even he had trouble staying positive after cartilage cancer took his right arm and ...