http://www.dukemednews.org/ Latest news headlines from Duke University Medical Center. en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST dukemednews@contact.duke.edu dukemednews@contact.duke.edu Copyright 2008 Duke University Medical Center. All rights reserved. http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10248 With flu season peaking, Duke University Hospital is limiting visitors to prevent the illness from spreading to patients. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10248 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10250 DURHAM, N.C. -- Conventional wisdom holds that as the U.S. population ages, the incidence of heart failure will continue to rise. A new study from Duke University Medical Center challenges part of that assumption, however, finding that heart failure is actually declining among the very elderly. Yet the number of heart failure cases overall continues to rise. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10250 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10245 DURHAM, N.C. -- Before people develop type 2 diabetes, cells in the pancreas spend years churning out increasing amounts of insulin, the body's key player in maintaining normal blood sugar levels. The constant stress of creating more and more insulin eventually exhausts these cells, and they quit working -- one of the hallmarks of the disease. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10245 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10244 Duke Life Flight, North Carolina's first and most experienced critical care transport system, is making permanent the helicopter service it offers from Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield, N.C. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10244 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10247 DURHAM, N.C. -- A tiny handful of genes appears to hold important clues to understanding why some patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) face high rates of amputation and early death while others are spared those consequences, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10247 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10241 The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University Medical Center researchers. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10241 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10246 DURHAM, N.C. -- Men who are overweight or obese have lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:15:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10246 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10243 Though cigarette use is declining among Americans in general, young adults exposed to traumatic events face a higher risk of developing a lifelong smoking habit, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10243 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10240 A new, noninvasive method for treating fibroids called MRI-guided focused ultrasound is available for the first time in North Carolina at Duke University Medical Center. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10240 http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10242 Scott Gibson, vice dean for administration and finance at Duke University School of Medicine, has been selected to become the school's executive vice dean for administration. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10242