Research: Heart patients can stop blood thinner when undergoing elective surgery
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 patient
Duke Human Vaccine Team awarded $5 million to study fungal fever
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit has been awarded a $5 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infect
New study from Yancy, Oddone, Voils examines the effects of diet choice on weight loss
New research from a team including lead author William Yancy, MD (left), as well a
Faculty spotlight: John W. Williams, MD, MHSc
John W. Williams, MD, MHSc, is the subject of this week’s faculty spotlight.
Lantos discusses geospatial tools and analysis at Duke, Mongolia
This May, Paul Lantos, MD, gave two presentations on geospatial tools and analysis--one nearly 7,000 miles apart from the othe
SciComm Fellows Program 2015 - deadline to register is July 15
Duke Science and Society is offering its SciComm Fellows Program
Muir interviewed on local media about pill-form hepatitis C treatment
Andrew Muir, MD, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and an expert in hepatitis, was interviewed by local television WNCN
Faculty spotlight: Megan Jordan, MD
Nicaragua, a country of more than six million people, has just five palliative care specialists to its name. Megan Jordan, MD, hopes to change that.