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Patients with atrial fibrillation who stopped taking blood thinners before they had elective surgery had no higher risk of developing blood clots and less risk of major bleeding compared to patients who were given a “bridge” therapy, according to research led by Duke Medicine.

Three of the nation’s largest philanthropies – the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Simons Foundation – have announced a new partnership to provide much needed research support to outstanding early-career scientists in the United States.

Through the new Faculty Scholars Program, the philanthropies will invest a total of $148 million in research support over the program’s first five years.

Marilyn Telen, MD leads small study that finds treatment for painful episodes of blood vessel obstruction in sickle cell anemia is currently limited to controlling pain, but an investigational therapy might be able to interfere with the underlying cause of these events, known as vaso-occlusion crises.

 

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Oct. 10 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Thom Ortel, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology, chief of the Division of Hematology and medical director, Clinical Coagulation Laboratory. Dr. Ortel will present When Hoofbeats Aren't Horses.

The Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program highlighted and celebrated resident research Tuesday night at the annual Resident Research Night, where more than 40 posters displayed resident research. [caption id="attachment_15853" align="alignright" width="300"]

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The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Disorders Consortium will host a guest lecture Tues., April 29, from 8-9 a.m. in Duke North, Room 2003. Jane E. Freedman, MD, professor of medicine and director of Translational REsearch at UMass Memorial Heart & Vascular Center, will present "Circulating Transcripts and Athero-thrombotic Disease." Dr. Freedman will also attend a small group discussion from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in MSRB II, Room 3090. Lunch will be provided and space is limited.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Feb. 7 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature J. Brice Weinberg, MD, professor of medicine (Hematology) and immunology, with a case presentation by Benjamin D. Mouser, MD, resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr.

At the 55th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans this month, Marilyn Telen, MD, professor of medicine, presented new research that uncovers several important insights into the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease and thalassemia that may soon translate into the development of better, more targeted treatments for hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide. Dr.

The Thrombosis and Hemostasis Disorders Consortium will host a research conference from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Weds., Nov. 20, in Duke North Room 2003. Bruce Furie, MD, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Hemostasis-Thrombosis at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will be the featured speaker. Dr.