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Released: 14-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Duke Health Signs Pledge for Ethical, Responsible AI in Health Care
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Duke Health is among a leading group of health systems and payers from across the U.S. to sign a pledge advancing ethical and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence technology in health care.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Duke Health Forges 5-year Partnership with Microsoft to Reshape Health Care
Duke Health

Duke Health is embarking on a five-year, innovative partnership with Microsoft aimed at responsibly and ethically harnessing the potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology to redefine the health care landscape.

Newswise: New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%
2-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT
New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%
Duke Health

A study led by Duke Health physicians, appearing online June 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that DCD hearts were equivalent to hearts procured through the current standard of care.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Black Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer May Benefit From Drug Combination
Duke Health

A drug combination that shows little overall survival benefit in white men with advanced prostate cancer has a far greater effect in Black men with the disease, according to interim results from a study led by the Duke Cancer Institute.

28-Nov-2022 3:40 PM EST
Family History, Gene Variants Put Black Men at Risk for Early Prostate Cancer
Duke Health

A family history of cancer and genetic variants that might be inherited appear to be important risk factors for Black men diagnosed with early-onset prostate cancer, a study involving Duke Health researchers has found.

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Released: 18-Nov-2022 11:00 AM EST
Newly Developed Gene Classifier Identifies Risk of Breast Pre-Cancer Progression
Duke Health

A team of researchers mapping a molecular atlas for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has made a major advance toward distinguishing whether the early pre-cancers in the breast will develop into invasive cancers or remain stable.

Released: 14-Nov-2022 1:05 PM EST
Study Identifies How Stealthy HIV Evades Drugs and Immunity
Duke Health

An immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a latent state, lurking in cells only to erupt anew, researchers at Duke Health report.

3-Nov-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Protected From a Form of Cell Death, Women are More Resilient to Kidney Disease
Duke Health

In the battle of the sexes, women beat men in their ability to recover from kidney injury, but the reasons are not well understood. A study led by Duke Health researchers provides some insights: Females, it turns out, have an advantage at the molecular level that protects them from a form of cell death that occurs in injured kidneys. This protection could be exploited as a potential therapeutic.

Released: 6-Nov-2022 6:30 PM EST
Chest Pain Patients Benefit from Precision Diagnostic Testing Approach
Duke Health

A study comparing two approaches for diagnosing heart disease found that a risk analysis strategy is superior to the usual approach of immediately performing functional tests or catheterization for low- to intermediate-risk patients with new-onset chest pain.

Released: 6-Nov-2022 9:15 AM EST
Largest Randomized Trial Evaluates Steroids for Infant Heart Surgery
Duke Health

For more than four decades, doctors have been split on whether giving steroids during a pediatric open-heart surgery could be helpful for post-operative recovery. A new study is providing a bit more clarity, suggesting there are some benefits for certain kinds of patients.

Released: 5-Nov-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Comparative Study of Two Heart Failure Drugs Finds No Difference in Outcomes
Duke Health

In a head-to-head comparison of two so-called ‘water pills’ that keep fluid from building up in patients with heart failure, the therapies proved nearly identical in reducing deaths, according to a large study led by Duke Health researchers.

Released: 31-Oct-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Industry payments to physicians and advanced practice clinicians compared
Duke Health

A new study led by Duke Health found that advanced practice clinicians received more payments from drug companies, while physicians accepted more funds from medical device companies. The same proportion of each group accepted payments, but the physicians received a much greater sum.

Released: 28-Sep-2022 9:30 AM EDT
How Long Older Adults Will Live Comes Down to 17 Often Surprising Factors
Duke Health

A new model to predict the life expectancy of older people relies less on their specific disease diagnoses and more on factors such as the ability to grocery shop, the amount of certain small cholesterol particles circulating in their blood, and whether they never or only occasionally smoked.



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