New resistant strain of swine flu reported Nov 21, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant cases of H1N1 flu at Duke University Medical Center have raised concerns that changes in the virus may make severe infections more difficult to treat. Three of the Duke patients died. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Latest health news » Nov 21, 2009
The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U. ... It's the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S.Health officials said Friday the four cases were reported at Duke University Medical Center in Durham over the past six weeks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Resistant swine-flu cluster reported Nov 21, 2009
The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.. Tamiflu - made by Switzerland's Roche Group - is one of two flu medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been closely watching for signs that the virus is mutating. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Click to read:Tamiflu-Resistant H1N1 Cluster Reported Nov 21, 2009
The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S.. Tamiflu - made by Switzerland's Roche Group - is one of two flu medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been closely watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs ineffective. (CBS News)
Dover resident launches group to convert shipping containers to clinics Nov 13, 2009
Sheehan, a physician s assistant educated at Duke University medical center, has seen firsthand the problems with health care worldwide. After working in emergency medicine 20 years ago in a dangerous section of Manhattan s Lower East Side and a poverty-stricken part of rural North Carolina in the 1980s, Sheehan decided to travel abroad in order to help with medical care in developing or impoverished areas. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Nov. 7 wedding planned Oct 15, 2009
She is working part-time as a pharmacy intern at Duke University Medical Center. Brad graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2005 with a degree in Business Economics with a Real Estate Emphasis. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Children can 'imagine away' pain Oct 12, 2009
The researchers, from the University of North Carolina and Duke University Medical Center, said a lack of therapists led them to the idea of using a CD to deliver the sessions. In all 30 children aged between six and 15 years took part in the study - half of whom used the CDs daily for eight weeks and the rest of whom got normal treatment. (BBC News -- Health)
UNC study: Children can greatly reduce abdominal pain by using their imagination Oct 12, 2009
And those benefits were maintained six months after treatment ended, a new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center researchers has found ... For this study, 34 children ages 6 to 15 years old who had been diagnosed with functional abdominal pain by a physician were recruited to participate by pediatric gastroenterologists at UNC Hospitals and Duke University Medical Center ... Martin Ulshen, M.D., division chief of pediatric gastroenterology,... (EurekAlert!)
Genome Sequence Published For Important Biofuels Yeast Oct 11, 2009
10, 2009) A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. See also. (Science Daily)
MCG takes over local mental health hospitals Oct 9, 2009
Dr. Shelp also praised his experience at Duke University Medical Center in establishing a relationship with a state mental health hospital in North Carolina. Reach Tom Corwin at (706) 823-3213 or. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Partnership to save 1,600 jobs Oct 9, 2009
Dr. Shelp also praised his experience at Duke University Medical Center in establishing a relationship with a state mental hospital in North Carolina. "We think that this relationship can work when you get it right," Dr. Buckley said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Physician assistants fill vital need Oct 8, 2009
To expand the delivery of quality medical care, Dr. Eugene Stead of the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina put together the first class of physician assistants in 1965. He selected Navy corpsmen who received considerable medical training during their military service and during the war in Vietnam but who had no comparable civilian employment. (The Augusta Chronicle)
New device finds early signs of eye disease in preemies Sep 22, 2009
DURHAM, N.C. -- Tell-tale signs of a condition that can blind premature babies are being seen for the first time using a new handheld device in a study at Duke University Medical Center. The technology, developed in part by Duke biomedical engineers, uses spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) to create a 3-D picture of the back of the eye. (EurekAlert!)
NC Doctor Removes Plastic Lodged In Lung Sep 18, 2009
Doctors at Duke University Medical Center said the foreign object was likely to blame for the coughing, fatigue and pneumonia that plagued Manley for almost two years. When they pulled it from Manley's left lung Sept. 10, they could still read the Wendy's logo and part of the word "hamburgers.". (Click2Houston, TX)
First New Alzheimer's Genes Found in Decade May Open Route to Treatments Sep 7, 2009
The greatest inherited risk comes from the APOE gene, discovered in 1993 by a team led by , now director of the Deane Drug Discovery Institute at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Testing Combinations. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Duke, Ft. Bragg team on cord blood program Sep 1, 2009
The medical center is working in conjunction with the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, based at Duke University Medical Center. The CCBB is part of the National Marrow Donor Program's network of public cord blood banks. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Fighting hard, fighting long Aug 27, 2009
Treatment typically starts with surgery, and Kennedy wrote that shortly after his diagnosis was confirmed on May 20, 2008, surgeons at Duke University Medical Center removed part of the tumor. Kennedy s tumor sat in the left parietal lobe, a region crucial to speaking and understanding speech - two traits indispensable to a man in his professional position. (Boston Globe)
Urtie Raye Donaldson Aug 26, 2009
Daily Herald Print Edition. Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:07 PM EDT. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Low-dose Estrogen Shown Safe And Effective For Metastatic Breast Cancer Aug 20, 2009
In addition to the Siteman Cancer Center, participating institutions include the University of Chicago, Case Western Reserve University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center. Funding from the Avon Foundation and the National Cancer Institute supported this research. (Science Daily)
Duke scientists create airway spheres to study lung diseases Jul 29, 2009
DURHAM, N.C. Using both animal and human cells, Duke University Medical Center scientists have demonstrated that a single lung cell can become one of two very different types of airway cells, which could lead to a better understanding of lung diseases ... The work was a collaboration of cell biologists, Mark Onaitis, M.D., of the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center, and Scott H. Randell, PhD., of the Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center at the University... (EurekAlert!)
Cherise Tyria Miller Jul 25, 2009
Burlington - Mr. Beamon Rogers Busick, 77, of 11933 NC Hwy 119 South, Burlington died at Duke University Medical Center, Durham on Monday, July 20, 2009 following a brief illness. Jimmy "Jim" Allen was born June 4th, 1947 in Alamance County, North Carolina to Mrs. Corina Johnson Allen and the late Mr. Lindsey Allen. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Beamon Rogers Busick Jul 22, 2009
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Daniel, Watlington complete Science Enrichment Program Jul 22, 2009
In addition to classroom instruction, students participated in health professions seminars and toured area health facilities such as the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Gross Anatomy Lab, the Julius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Institute in Durham, and Duke University Medical Center. Participants also had the opportunity to spend a day shadowing local professionals in the health field they... (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Georgia's mental health care under review Jul 11, 2009
Dr. Shelp helped initiate a program in North Carolina between a state hospital and Duke University Medical Center that proved highly successful. "Over a very short period of time, that state hospital became the most favored rotation site of both residents and medical students," he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
PCC names student ambassadors for 2009-2010 academic year Jun 24, 2009
She is employed full-time at Duke University Medical Center as an obstetrics technician and nursing assistant. At age 45 and self-supporting, James describes herself as "not your average college student." As a PCC Ambassador, she believes she "can motivate and inspire new students who may be nervous or fresh out of high school or even maybe an older person who has taken the challenge of attending college." She is a member of the Kiwanis Club and volunteers for Relay for Life. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Cynthia Cindy Moseley Blythe Jun 22, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Duke University Medical Center. Cindy was a native of Halifax County, the daughter of Milton Moseley. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Gene linked to testicular cancer Jun 1, 2009
A team from Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina has found that men who inherit an overactive form of a gene called hiwi are at increased risk of developing the disease. This is the first study to establish a high level correlation between a gene and seminoma. (BBC News -- Health)
School helps ailing toddler Mountain View High School rallies again to help the young daughter of two teachers May 27, 2009
Olivia and her mother moved to Durham, N.C., last fall so she could be treated by doctors at Duke University Medical Center. Olivia needed a bone-marrow transplant, and her mother was a match. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Poor Women Skip Some Breast Cancer Drugs May 20, 2009
"What we found is that many low-income women in North Carolina who might benefit from hormonal therapy are not getting it or are not taking it as prescribed," said Dr. Gretchen Kimmick of the Duke University Medical Center. Medication that blocks hormones is a key part of treatment for patients who have a type of breast cancer known as hormone receptor-positive. (KIRO TV, WA)
Preclinical work shows how one gene causes severe mental retardation May 11, 2009
Durham, N.C., and Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina have discovered in mice how a single disrupted gene can cause a form of severe mental retardation known as Angelman syndrome. In a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, they found that the gene, UBE3A, is needed so that neurons in the brain can form and adjust their connections to other neurons for storing sensory information. (EurekAlert!)
Computers 'Trained' To Analyze Fruit-fly Behavior Apr 18, 2009
11, 2003) For the first time in any animal, Duke University Medical Center researchers have linked a single pheromone receptor in the fruit fly to a specific sexual. (June 16, 2005) A new study shows that the manipulation of a single gene in female fruit flies can make their sexual behavior resemble that of males, demonstrating the surprising power of individual genes and the. (Science Daily)
Lillian Burton Alston Apr 3, 2009
Daily Herald Print Edition. Published/Last Modified on Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:32 PM CDT. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Heart reshaping surgery ineffective Mar 30, 2009
"It doesn't seem to have any great benefit at all," Dr. Robert Jones of Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina said in a telephone interview. With the surgery, "many patients have a lot fewer symptoms, but some people improve that much with good medical treatment" that includes drugs. (India Times, India)
Peanuts may ward off allergy in kids Mar 16, 2009
The teams at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina and Arkansas Children's Hospital gave a group of children almost microscopic doses of peanut daily and watched not only their symptoms but their blood for signs of allergic reaction. Nine of the 33 children in the study have been able to tolerate the treatment for more than two years and four appear to be allergy-free, the researchers told reporters. (India Times, India)
Harold B. Hal Gardner Mar 14, 2009
Obituaries : Harold B. Hal Gardner (Roanoke Rapids, NC). Daily Herald Print Edition. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Know your roots Mar 13, 2009
Blood clots Sticky blood runs in families; it can cause deep-vein thrombosis, stroke and heart attack, says Cynthia K. Shortell, M.D., director of the Center for Vascular Disease at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. If a first-degree relative has had a clot without a clear cause (surgery, trauma, hormonal birth control or a long plane ride can lead to clots in healthy people, regardless of genes), its very likely to be hereditary. (MSNBC -- Health)
Growth Hormone Stimulator May Combat Frailty Feb 18, 2009
Dr. Heidi K. White, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and colleagues also observed a significant increase in lean body mass with capromorelin and improvements in two physical performance tests -- tandem walking (heel to toe) and stair climbing. "These findings support our hypothesis that stimulating growth hormone production not only increases the body's ability to develop lean muscle, it also restores physical functioning," White noted in a university-issued statement. (MEDLINEplus)
Gum Disease Treatment Doesn't Cut Preterm Birth Risk Feb 7, 2009
"The biggest implication of this study is that this level of standard periodontal care will not affect the birth outcome," Dr. Amy Murtha, director of obstetrics research at Duke University Medical Center, said in an university news release. Duke was one of the medical schools participating in the study. (MEDLINEplus)
