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Duke Voice Care Center: Voice Care for Everyone
Learn how Duke Voice Care Center helps people identify the cause of voice problems and develop a plan to improve their voices.For more information, visit http://dukevoicecare.org.
Published 2 years ago
Durham Regional Hospital: Be the Best
Durham Regional Hospital strives to be the best community hospital in North Carolina.Published 2 years ago
Healthy Focus: Allergies and Sinusitis
Adam Becker, MD, and Matthew Ellison, MD, from Duke Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, discuss sinuosity, sinus surgery, and allergies.Published 2 years ago
Cholesterol and Risk Factor Primer: How to Avoid Heart Disease and Stroke
Duke Heart Center's Dr. Mark Leithe discusses heart disease risk factors and ways to avoid bypass surgery, heart attacks, and stroke.Published 2 years ago
Duke Children's Health Center Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration
The McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center -- or CHC, as it has become known -- serves as the virtual front door for Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center. Since the doors opened in 2000, the beautiful feather mobile and giant fish tank in the lobby have provided a welcoming atmosphere for countless patients, families, and visitors.For more information about Duke Children's, visit http://dukechildrens.org.
Published 2 years ago
Healthy Focus Series: My Aching Shoulder
Kevin Speer, MD, explains why the shoulder hurts as we get older. Part of Duke Raleigh Hospital's Healthy Focus series.Published 2 years ago
Peripheral Nervous System: Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
Duke Neurology of Raleigh's Vinod Krishnan, MD, helps to make sense of the peripheral nervous system.Published 2 years ago
Food Allergies in Children
Duke's Michael Land, MD, discusses food allergies in children, including how to recognize and manage food allergies.Published 2 years ago
Duke Raleigh Hospital
At Duke Raleigh Hospital, world-class medical care combines seamlessly with intimacy and kindness. For more information visit http://www.dukeraleighhospital.orgPublished 2 years ago
Rare Organ Transplant Gives Single Mom New Lease on Life
A single mom from North Carolina recently received an extremely rare triple transplant. She received a new heart, lungs and a liver and is enjoying her new lease on life. Shereyse Joyner from Ahoskie, NC, is believed to be only the twelfth patient in the U.S. since 1988 to receive the triple organ transplant. This is the second heart, lungs and liver transplant performed at Duke. Learn more.
Published 2 years ago
Duke Researchers Say "Quit Score" Could Help Smokers Kick the Habit
Duke Medical Center researchers and experts at the National Institute on Drug Abuse say the genetic profile of an individual smoker can yield a "quit score" that, combined with that smoker's habits, can be used to identify which smoking cessation therapy could work best. Learn more.
Published 2 years ago
Lifestyle as Medicine to Combat Diabesity
Ellen Michal, RD, CDE, from Duke Raleigh Hospital's Diabetes Education Center discusses ways to prevent diabetes and obesity.Published 2 years ago
Stroke Prevention Optimization
Duke Neurology of Raleigh's Paul C. Peterson, MD, FACEP, talks about how to prevent strokes.For more information about Duke Neuroscience, visit http://www.dukehealth.org/services/neuroscience
Published 2 years ago
Sounds of Summer Can Cause Long-Term Hearing Damage
Sun exposure is public enemy number one when it comes to damaging byproducts of summer fun. But too much exposure to the sounds of summer can also cause long-term damage. Otolaryngologists at Duke University Medical Center say listening to any sound above 80 decibels for too long can damage hearing. Learn more.
Published 2 years ago
Balance Training with Duke Sports Medicine
Learn how to improve your balance with a progression of exercises. For more information about Duke Sports Medicine, visit http://www.dukehealth.org/services/sports_medicinePublished 2 years ago
