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Run/Walk to Support Brain Tumor Research
Clara Guy will never forget the day doctors diagnosed her with an aggressive brain tumor and told her she had 18 months to live. Today, the mother of two is a ...
Managing Your Health Care From Any Location with My Duke Health
Gregory Ambrosio’s job as an international financial consultant requires him to travel abroad for up to six months of each year. However, it doesn’t stop him f ...
Tetanus Vaccine Helps Improve Survival in People with Glioblastoma
Nine years ago, Sandy Hillburn was diagnosed with a brain tumor and told she had three months to live. Today, she walks up to four miles per day and enjoys mon ...
Doctor Hopes His Medical Journey Inspires Others
Years of living with undiagnosed Lyme disease left Neil Spector’s heart so badly damaged that he needed a heart transplant. Today, Spector, a Duke cancer resea ...
Good Samaritans Give Kidneys to Two Strangers in Need
February marks 50 years since the first kidney transplant was performed at Duke and in North Carolina. Recently, a Good Samaritan started a chain reaction that ...
Duke Sports Medicine Services in One Convenient Location
At Duke Sports Medicine’s expanded new home, people can get all their needs met in one convenient location. The renovated clinic, renamed the Duke Sports Scien ...
3D Printed Bone Implant Saves Woman’s Leg
A 3D computer-printed bone implant saved Ruth Smith-Leigh’s leg from amputation, and allowed her to walk again following a terrible car accident.
CPR Saves a Life
Duke cardiologist Monique Anderson, MD, has spent her early career researching the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After presenting about the impa ...
Brachytherapy Suite Reduces Need for Hospital Stay
People with gynecologic and prostate cancers can now receive high-dose, targeted radiation therapy in a few hours in a dedicated brachytherapy suite at the Duk ...
