Duke researchers highlight gender differences in heart failure
... ... "There is limited...Duke researchers link newly discovered gene to hereditary neurological disease
... ... The gene defect accounts for 6 percent to 7 percent of all cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia, they said. The discovery of the gene defect will provide important insights into the causes of other major neurodegenerative diseases, including am...Duke University study finds hearing aids are underused
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2006 Hearing loss can contribute to strained relationships with family and friends, depression and even a deterioration of basic well-being, but only one in five Americans who could benefit from a hearing aid has one and just one-third of those who have hearing aids use them. ... ...These are among the key findings of a literature review conducted by the Medical Technology...GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership
The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University for a collaborative partnership to address four pressing local and global health care concerns: quality of care and patient safety, health disparities, global health with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS, and mental health care.... ...The collaboration pools the re...The Gerontological Society of America bestows Robert W. Kleemeier Award to Duke University's Blazer
The Gerontological Society of America has chosen Dr. Dan Blazer as the 2005 recipient of the Robert W. Kleemeier Award. This distinction is given annually to a GSA member in recognition for outstanding research in the field of gerontology.... ...The award presentation will take place at GSA's 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 18th-22nd, 2005 in Orlando, FL. The actu...Duke engineers developing ultrasound devices combining 3-D imaging with therapeutic heating
DURHAM, N.C.-- Duke University engineers are developing technology that may enable physicians to someday use high frequency ultrasound waves both to visualize the heart's interior in three dimensions and then selectively destroy heart tissue with heat to correct arrhythmias....... "No one else has developed a way for ultrasound to combine therapy and imaging in a catheter, let alone 3-D imaging,"...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have created a new three-dimensional ultrasound cardiac imaging probe. Inserted inside the esophagus, the probe creates a picture of the whole heart in the time it takes for current ultrasound technology to image a single heart cross section....... The new probe has considerable potential not only for evaluating...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
CHAPEL HILL -- The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force academies - fierce rivals on the sports field - soon will cooperate on a $2.8-million study of risk factors for a common knee injury among athletes. ... The study, led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center, Duke University and Andrews Air Force Base, will enroll 4,800 male and female ca...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
PHILADELPHIA -- In special ceremonies at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), U. S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif); Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs; and Daniel Q. Haney, former medical editor with the Associated Press will be honored with the 2005 AACR Public Service Award. The citation gives special recognition to each winner's unique role in fo...