Women's Health
Read about the many ways Duke doctors help women manage their health.
Rheumatologist Expands Pregnancy Possibilities for Women with Lupus
Pregnancy used to be considered too risky for women with lupus, an autoimmune disease. Today, a Duke rheumatologist is helping women with the disease achieve t ...
Ovarian Cancer: What You Need to Know
As scientists gain a better understanding of ovarian cancer, their knowledge has led to improved prevention strategies, the discovery of new genes associated w ...
Do You Know Your Breast Cancer Risk?
Which breast cancer screenings you should have and when you should have them depends on your risk level. A breast cancer risk assessment can help you determine ...
Mom Turns Heartbreak into Mission to Prevent Premature Births
Moline Prak Pandiyan's son was born preterm and lived just five and a half months. After care from Duke Maternal-Fetal Medicine, her second child was born full ...
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Brings Relief from Dystonia
Raleigh resident Thomas Galvin suffered involuntary muscle contractions for decades—until technology at Duke allowed him to have surgery while asleep to quell ...
Breast Cancer Surgery With no Visible Scar
Leslie Hollingsworth was in her early 20s when her grandmother was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Now 50, Hollingsworth has been doing self-breast exams a ...
Breast Cancer Treatment in Raleigh Makes Big Difference
For Joy Lathan, receiving her breast cancer treatment in Raleigh, near where she lives in and works, made a big difference. It allowed her to schedule chemothe ...
Breast Surgeon Shelley Hwang, MD, Named Among TIME's 100 Most Influential People
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 ...
Women's Intuition Detects Heart Trouble
In the early months of spring 2013, Suzanne Lambert felt overwhelming stress as she cared for her aging parents and helped to plan her daughter’s wedding. When ...
Double Mastectomy May Not Be the Answer for Cancer in One Breast
Increasingly, younger women with early-stage cancer in only one breast and no genetic risk factors are choosing to have double mastectomies. But there’s little ...
Is Vaginal Mesh Dangerous? Learn the Facts
Vaginal mesh surgeries have been the subject of serious concern because of complications associated with the use of vaginal mesh. However, misinformation has c ...
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 ...