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Duke Health doctors make news for their research and new approaches to care. They are also considered nationally recognized experts on many health topics.
Tetanus Vaccine Helps Improve Survival in People with Glioblastoma
Nine years ago, Sandy Hillburn was diagnosed with a brain tumor and told she had three months to live. Today, she walks up to four miles per day and enjoys mon ...
Doctor Hopes His Medical Journey Inspires Others
Years of living with undiagnosed Lyme disease left Neil Spector’s heart so badly damaged that he needed a heart transplant. Today, Spector, a Duke cancer resea ...
Good Samaritans Give Kidneys to Two Strangers in Need
February marks 50 years since the first kidney transplant was performed at Duke and in North Carolina. Recently, a Good Samaritan started a chain reaction that ...
Duke Sports Medicine Services in One Convenient Location
At Duke Sports Medicine’s expanded new home, people can get all their needs met in one convenient location. The renovated clinic, renamed the Duke Sports Scien ...
3D Printed Bone Implant Saves Woman’s Leg
A 3D computer-printed bone implant saved Ruth Smith-Leigh’s leg from amputation, and allowed her to walk again following a terrible car accident.
CPR Saves a Life
Duke cardiologist Monique Anderson, MD, has spent her early career researching the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After presenting about the impa ...
Brachytherapy Suite Reduces Need for Hospital Stay
People with gynecologic and prostate cancers can now receive high-dose, targeted radiation therapy in a few hours in a dedicated brachytherapy suite at the Duk ...
Top Scores for Hospital Safety
Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital have earned top scores for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, an independent n ...
Saving Sergeant Muzzy
After an explosion at Ft. Bragg left Sgt. Cory Muzzy with severe injuries, the soldier returned to Duke to thank his doctors for saving his life, and the thera ...