Overall survival and development of infants born at 23, 24 weeks improving, study finds DURHAM, N.C. February 15, 2017 – Babies born at just 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy continue to have sobering outlooks — only about 1 in 3 survive. But according to a new study led by Duke Health and appearing Feb. […]
DURHAM, N.C. February 14, 2017 – Driven by a shared commitment to enhance and broadly extend the scope, quality and value of heart care services for patients throughout Wake County, Duke Health and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have agreed to combine their nationally and regionally renowned heart programs in a single heart service. This collaboration […]
Collaboration will deliver greater value, more coordinated health care to patients in Wake County RALEIGH, N.C. (February 14, 2017) — WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Duke Health have signed a joint operating agreement to work together to deliver highly-coordinated cardiovascular care, a broader scope of services and greater value and affordability to Wake County’s growing […]
Anonymous donation will help create safe, healing space for emergency patients RALEIGH, N.C. February 13, 2017 – UNC REX Healthcare plans to build a new holding area for behavioral health patients who seek treatment in the emergency department, thanks to an anonymous donor who is contributing $2.5 million. The separate behavioral health zone will include […]
Anonymous donation will help create safe, healing space for emergency patients RALEIGH, N.C. February 13, 2017 – UNC REX Healthcare plans to build a new holding area for behavioral health patients who seek treatment in the emergency department, thanks to an anonymous donor who is contributing $2.5 million. The separate behavioral health zone will include […]
Root cause is shared by Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases DURHAM, N.C. February 13, 2017 – The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington’s disease might be treatable by restoring a cellular quality control process, which Duke Health researchers have identified as a key factor in the degenerative illness. Huntington’s disease is […]
DURHAM, N.C. February 9, 2017 – Due to an increase in the number of cases of influenza in the Triangle, as well as the number of complicated hospitalizations, all Duke University Health System hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers will temporarily restrict patient visitations, effective at noon on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Visitors to hospital and […]
DURHAM, N.C. January 31, 2017 – Mary Klotman, M.D. — a nationally renowned physician-scientist and academic leader who has served as chair of Duke’s Department of Medicine for almost seven years — has been named Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University. Klotman will assume […]
Single dose of gene therapy could augment or replace frequent enzyme infusions DURHAM, N.C. January 26, 2017 – After decades investigating a rare, life-threatening condition that cripples the muscles, Duke Health researchers have developed a gene therapy they hope could enhance or even replace the only FDA-approved treatment currently available to patients. The gene therapy, […]
DURHAM, N.C. January 25, 2017 — Following national searches, Duke University School of Medicine has named two new department chairs. Matthew D. Barber, M.D., will become chair of Duke Obstetrics and Gynecology effective May 1, and Moira Rynn, M.D., will chair the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences starting July 1. Barber is a nationally-recognized […]
