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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Duke University Hospital Among Nation’s Best
Contact: Sarah AveryPhone: 919-660-1306Email:sarah.avery@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.orgFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Hospital has been named the No. 16 medical center in the country by U.S. News& World Report, which released its annual hospital rankings today.In addition to being included on the national Honor Roll, Duke University Hospital remains No. 1 in North Carolina and No. 1 in the Raleigh-Durham area.Honor Roll designations were awarded to just 20 hospitals out of nearly 5,000 institutions across the country. Rankings consider patient safety, survival rates, t...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - August 2, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Coordinated Emergency Care Saves Lives, Lessens Damage During Heart Attack
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email:sarah.avery@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.orgEMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 4 p.m (ET) on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016DURHAM, N.C. -- Patients suffering from deadly heart attacks can be spared more extensive heart damage when emergency responders and hospitals work together to standardize their treatment processes, according to a study published August 1 in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association (AHA). The findings are based on a national study launched in 2012 by the AHA and Duke Health that focused on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a type of he...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - August 2, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Tracking How HIV Disrupts Immune System Informs Vaccine Development
 Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: < a href= " mailto:samiha.khanna@duke.edu " > samiha.khanna@duke.edu < /a > < a href= " https://www.dukemedicine.org " > https://www.dukehealth.org < /a > EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 2 p.m. (ET) on Friday, July 29, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- One of the main mysteries confounding development of an HIV vaccine is why some people infected with the virus make the desired antibodies after several years, but a vaccine can ’t seem to induce the same response. A r...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 29, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Study Identifies Potential New Avenue for Treating Pompe Disease
 Contact: Amara Omeokwe Phone: 919-681-4239 Email: < a href= " mailto:sarah.avery@duke.edu " > amara.omeokwe@duke.edu < /a > < a href= " https://www.dukemedicine.org/ " > https://www.dukehealth.org < /a > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Monday, July 25, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke Health have identified a potential new avenue for treating Pompe disease, a rare condition caused by the build-up of glycogen, a storage form of sugar, in cardiac and skeletal muscle, the liver and other tissues, due to deficiency of a par...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 26, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Physical Declines Begin Earlier Than Expected Among U.S. Adults
 Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: < a href= " mailto:sarah.avery@duke.edu " > sarah.avery@duke.edu < /a > < a href= " https://www.dukehealth.org/ " > https://www.dukehealth.org < /a > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Thursday, July 21, 2016 DURHAM and KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Physical declines begin sooner in life than typically detected, often when people are still in their 50s, according to a < a href= " https://www.dukehealth.org/ " style= " line-height: 1.2em; " > Duke Health < /a > < span style= " line-hei...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 22, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Duke to Participate in Early Clinical Trials for Emerging Neurological Therapies
 Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: < a href= " mailto:samiha.khanna@duke.edu " style= " line-height: 1.2em; " > samiha.khanna@duke.edu < /a > https://www.dukehealth.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Thursday, July 21, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University could receive up to $19 million to lead early-stage clinical tria...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 21, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Newly Described Cellular Defense Activity Could Guide Solutions to UTIs
Contact: Sarah AveryPhone: 919-660-1306Email: sarah.avery@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.org EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 12 p.m. noon (ET) on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. – The process cells use to secrete chemicals also appears to be the way to clear urinary tract infections, or UTIs, according to a study by researchers from Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. The process, which was previously understood to be a way for cells to release soluble materials such as hormones, has been r...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 19, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Moderate Exercise Might be More Effective at Combatting Pre-Diabetes
Contact: Amara Omeokwe Phone: 919-681-4239 Email: amara.omeokwe@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON Monday, July 18, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- Walking briskly on a regular basis may be more effective than vigorous jogging for improving glucose control in individuals with pre-diabetes, according to research from Duke Health. The findings, published online July 15 in the journal Diabetologia, are the result of a randomized, six-month study of 150 participants, each of whom was designated as having pre-diabetes based on elevated fasting glucose levels. Study participants were randomized into four group...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 19, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Scientists Trace Origin Cell of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors, Test Drug Target
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 12 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, July 14, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists at Duke Health are part of a team that has discovered a type of cell surrounding blood vessels can also serve as a starting point for sarcoma, a form of cancer that occurs in bones and connective tissues. The findings, made through studies of mice, offer insights that could aid in the development of potential new treatments for the rare but devastating cancer, which has 15,000 new diagnoses annually in the U.S. In an article to be ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 14, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Women with BRCA1 Gene Mutation at Higher Risk of Deadly Uterine Cancer
This study received support in part from the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (DAMD17-03-1-0375); the National Institutes of Health (R01-CA083855 and R01-CA102776); and the NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grants (P30 CA008748, P30 CA016520, P30 CA51008, P30 CA16042). Additional funding sources are listed in the study. ### (Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features)
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 30, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Duke Scientists Identify Method of Action for Common Chemotherapy Drugs
Contact: Amara Omeokwe Phone: 919-681-4239 Email: amara.omeokwe@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- A study by scientists at Duke Health is providing insight into how certain commonly-used chemotherapy drugs work, potentially opening new ways to enhance the benefits of treatment for cancer patients. The scientists focused on antimetabolites, chemotherapy drugs that target metabolism in cancer cells and induce cell death. These drugs are commonly used to treat colon, lung and blood cancers. Their study, published this week in the journal Cell Reports, sought a...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 15, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Duke Health Team Performs First Hand Transplant in North Carolina
Contact: Sarah AveryPhone: 919-660-1306Email: sarah.avery@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke Health team has performed the first hand transplant in North Carolina, attaching the limb to a 54-year-old patient from Laredo, Texas, whose hand was severed in a childhood accident. The highly complex, 12-hour procedure was performed May 27, 2016, by a team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, operating room staff and technicians, and was led by Linda Cendales, M.D., associate professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and director of Duke�...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 8, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Study of 81,000 Adults Examines Mental Illness, Gun Violence and Suicide
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE until 4 p.m. (ET) on MONDAY, JUNE 6, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. -- People with serious mental illnesses who use guns to commit suicide are often legally eligible to purchase guns, despite having a past record of an involuntary mental health examination and brief hospitalization, according to a new Duke Health analysis. The study, released in the June issue of Health Affairs, looked at gun use, violent crime and suicide among 81,704 people diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression in Flo...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 7, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Duke’s Poliovirus Therapy Shows Survival Benefit in Early Patients
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org ASCO Abstract #2061 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Monday, June 6, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. – An early group of patients who received a modified form of the poliovirus to treat recurrent glioblastoma brain tumors showed survival improvement over historical controls, according to researchers at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Health. The findings, which have not been peer reviewed, were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago (ASCO abstract #2061). “At the first five dose le...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 6, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news

Cancer Patients with ACA Policies Swiftly Reach Out-of-Pocket Caps
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org ASCO Abstract #6504 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Saturday, June 4, 2016 DURHAM, N.C. – A hypothetical leukemia patient buying the life-extending drug therapy for his condition would reach his annual out-of-pocket maximum in a month on most of the bronze policies and half of the silver policies offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The findings, reported by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #6504), found that cancer patients buying ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - June 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news