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Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on April 4, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. – Tests used to diagnose and assess the severity of coronary artery disease appear to function differently for women and men who have stable symptoms, according to researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute.
The finding, presented April 4 at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions meeting in Chicago, adds new insights into the differences between men and women who are newly diagnosed with heart disease.
Analyzing data from the PROMISE study (Prospective ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - April 5, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Shorter, Intensive Radiation Can Be Recommended in Early Prostate Cancer
This study has implications for public policy,” said the study’s principal investigator, W. Robert Lee, M.D., a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Duke. “Because the shorter regimen has advantages such as greater patient convenience and lower costs, it’s important to establishing whether we can cure as many patients with the shorter regimen. Our study provides that information for the first time.”
Lee and colleagues, working as part of NRG Oncology, a non-profit cancer research organization, enrolled about 1,100 men whose prostate cancer was diagnosed early, before it had spread. Roughly half th...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - April 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Bypass Surgery Is Shown to Extend Survival in Heart Failure
In this study, 20 percent of patients assigned to drug therapy alone had undergone bypass surgery by the end of the study.
Study co-author George Sopko, M.D., a program director within the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), said the long-term analysis of CABG among patients with severe heart disease is important for clinical practice.
“There are risks associated with all surgical procedures, so the benefits need to be followed for a long time,” Sopko said. “If surgery can be done with reasonable risk and extends life, it becomes the recommended approach.”
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Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - April 3, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Study shows that Wnt secretion preventing drugs may reduce renal fibrosis
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Renal fibrosis or the scarring of kidneys, following an injury, reduces their function and can cause kidney disease to progressively worsen. In a recent study, published in Kidney International, researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore and Duke University have shown that drugs that target Wnt secretion by inhibiting Porcupine, a protein usually targeted for canc...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 30, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
High-Risk Lung Cancer Patients May Not Need Annual Screenings
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Monday, March 21, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. – Most high-risk lung cancer patients might not need annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screenings if they are cleared of disease in their initial test, according to a study led by a Duke Cancer Institute researcher.
The researchers found that even former heavy smokers appear to have a reduced incidence of lung cancer if their initial LDCT screening is negative, suggesting that less frequent screening might be warranted.
“This has significant public polic...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 23, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Same Symptoms, Different Care for Women and Men With Heart Disease
Contact: Sarah AveryPhone: 919-660-1306Email: sarah.avery@duke.eduhttps://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. -- Despite messages to the contrary, most women being seen by a doctor for the first time with suspected heart disease actually experience the same classic symptoms as men, notably chest pain and shortness of breath, according to a study led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
But other differences between the sexes are evident in the diagnosis and risk assessment for coronary artery disease, according to findings published online March 23 in the Journal of the A...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 23, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Adding Stress Management to Cardiac Rehab Cuts New Incidents in Half
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Patients recovering from heart attacks or other heart trouble could cut their risk of another heart incident by half if they incorporate stress management into their treatment, according to research from Duke Health.
The findings, published March 21 in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, are the result of a randomized clinical trial of 151 outpatients with coronary heart disease who were enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation due t...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 22, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Duke Cancer Researcher Receives Outstanding Investigator Award
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Thursday, March 17, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. -- The National Cancer Institute has awarded a prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award to David G. Kirsch, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the departments of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke Health.
The $6.6 million award, covering seven years, will fund ongoing research in Kirsch’s lab to improve the efficacy and safety of radiation therapy for people with cancer. Kirsch joins approximately 60 recipients nationwide who have been sele...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 19, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Need Your Thyroid Removed? Seek A Surgeon With 25+ Cases a Year
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Monday, March 14
DURHAM, N.C. -- A new study from Duke Health suggests that patients who need to have their thyroid gland removed should seek surgeons who perform 25 or more thyroidectomies a year for the least risk of complications.
Thyroidectomy is one of the most common operations performed in the U.S, often due to cancer, over-activity, or enlargement of the gland, which is located at the base of the throat and produces hormones that regulate metabolism. But most consumers would be surprised to l...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 16, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Duke Health Launches Star Rating for Doctors, Expands Access to Records
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. -- Patients and consumers now have the ability to see how most Duke Health providers score on a new five-star rating scale that is part of a physician’s public profile at dukehealth.org.
Star ratings for each health care provider, along with verbatim patient comments, are based on feedback to a national, standardized survey known as the Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG CAHPS), which is provided to patients following...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 9, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Where Prostate Cancer Spreads In the Body Affects Survival Time
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Patients with lymph-only metastasis have the longest overall survival, while those with liver involvement fare worst. Lung and bone metastasis fall in the middle.
“Smaller studies had given doctors and patients indications that the site of metastasis in prostate cancer affects survival, but prevalence rates in organ sites were small, so it was difficult to provide good guidance,” said Susan Halabi, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics at Duke and ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 8, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Quality of Life Not Notably Better for Women Choosing Double Mastectomy
This study supports what has concerned many of us -- that women are not benefiting as greatly from CPM as they expect they will,” Hwang said. “Unless a woman has a gene mutation that places her at significantly increased risk of a new cancer in the other breast, CPM doesn’t prolong life and our study shows that it doesn’t make for a notably better quality of life.”
Hwang said it’s important for women to have a clearer understanding of the risks and benefits of the choices they are facing.
“The key to having long term satisfaction with treatment decisions is to review all the options and recognize the trad...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 7, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Researchers Unravel Pathways of Potent Antibodies that Fight HIV Infection
Contact: Sarah Avery Phone: 919-660-1306 Email: sarah.avery@duke.edu https://www.dukehealth.org
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DURHAM, N.C. – One of the most crucial and elusive goals of an effective HIV vaccine is to stimulate antibodies that can attack the virus even as it relentlessly mutates.
Now a research team, led by investigators at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has tracked rare potent antibodies in an HIV-infected individual and determined sequential structures that p...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 5, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Mapping Family History Can Lead More At-Risk Patients to Timely Screening
Contact: Samiha Khanna Phone: 919-419-5069 Email: samiha.khanna@duke.edu https://www.dukemedicine.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE at 11 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, March 3, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. -- Most doctors and nurses review a patient’s family history to identify risk factors for heart disease and cancer, often through a paper checklist or brief interview.
But more deliberate efforts to map a patient’s family tree could identify additional risks and drive patients to more timely screenings, according to a new study from Duke Health.
The study, published March 3 in the journal Genetics in Medicine, recruited 488 patients at two co...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 3, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Monkeys Drive Wheelchairs Using Only Their Thoughts
Contact: Samiha KhannaPhone: 919-419-5069Email: samiha.khanna@duke.eduhttps://www.dukemedicine.org
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Neuroscientists at Duke Health have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allows primates to use only their thoughts to navigate a robotic wheelchair.
The BMI uses signals from hundreds of neurons recorded simultaneously in two regions of the monkeys’ brains that are involved in movement and sensation. As the animals think about moving toward their goal -- in this case, a bowl containing fresh grapes -- computers translate their ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 3, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
