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Editors' Insights on Publishing Research
A special editors' roundtable discussion with Drs. Christopher O'Connor (JACC Heart Failure), Daniel Mark (American Heart Journal), and Howard Rockman (The Journal of Clinical Investigation)
Published 4 months ago
The Subcutaneous Only ICD (S-ICD)
1/04/13 lecture by Gust H. Bardy, MD of the Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.Published 4 months ago
The Brazilian Clinical Research Institute Update and The Brazilian Global Health Institute
Renato D. Lopes, MD, MHS, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Federal University of Sao Paulo
Brazilian Clinical Research Institute
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University Medical Center
Published 4 months ago
Trent Semans Center Dedication
The new signature building for the Duke University School of Medicine - The Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education - was dedicated in a special ceremony on Friday, February 8, 2013. Duke University and School of Medicine officials and faculty, members of Mary Semans' family and The Duke Endowment, and generous donors who helped make the building a reality attended. Following the dedication, guests were treated to refreshments and tours of the building.
Published 4 months ago
Progress Report: Training a New Generation of Doctors in Tanzania
More than two years after being awarded a $10 million grant from the US government, The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and the Duke Global Health Institute have made strides in strengthening medical education in Tanzania. Through the KCMC-Duke Medical Education Partnership Initiative, collaborators have advanced teaching and research using information technology, which has already begun to transform the learning experience of Tanzanian medical students.Published 4 months ago
What is the Goal for Duke Integrative Primary Care?
Duke Integrative Primary Care offers exceptional, personalized integrative primary care in a state-of-the-art healing environment. Our physicians have a passion for preventing illness and optimizing health. They work in partnership with you so they can understand what you need, and how to help you live every day of your life in your very best health. http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org/Published 4 months ago
How could MBSR have an effect on my life?
Duke Integrative Medicine offers a new approach to medical care that brings you and your provider together in a dynamic partnership dedicated to optimizing your health and healing. Our approach focuses on all of who you are, recognizing that the subtle interactions of mind, body, spirit and community have a direct impact on your vitality and well-being. Duke Integrative Medicine offers a wide array of patient services and professional education.
http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Karen Cochran, patient
Published 4 months ago
How often do I see an acupuncturist?
Duke Integrative Medicine offers a new approach to medical care that brings you and your provider together in a dynamic partnership dedicated to optimizing your health and healing. Our approach focuses on all of who you are, recognizing that the subtle interactions of mind, body, spirit and community have a direct impact on your vitality and well-being. Duke Integrative Medicine offers a wide array of patient services and professional education.
http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Janet Shaffer, Licensed Acupuncturist
Published 4 months ago
Can acupuncture treat shoulder pain?
Duke Integrative Medicine offers a new approach to medical care that brings you and your provider together in a dynamic partnership dedicated to optimizing your health and healing. Our approach focuses on all of who you are, recognizing that the subtle interactions of mind, body, spirit and community have a direct impact on your vitality and well-being. Duke Integrative Medicine offers a wide array of patient services and professional education.
http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Janet Shaffer, Licensed Acupuncturist
Published 4 months ago
What is acupressure?
Duke Integrative Medicine offers a new approach to medical care that brings you and your provider together in a dynamic partnership dedicated to optimizing your health and healing. Our approach focuses on all of who you are, recognizing that the subtle interactions of mind, body, spirit and community have a direct impact on your vitality and well-being. Duke Integrative Medicine offers a wide array of patient services and professional education.
http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Janet Shaffer, Licensed Acupuncturist
Published 4 months ago
What do Integrative Medicine physicians offer that conventional physicians may not?
Duke Integrative Medicine offers a new approach to medical care that brings you and your provider together in a dynamic partnership dedicated to optimizing your health and healing. Our approach focuses on all of who you are, recognizing that the subtle interactions of mind, body, spirit and community have a direct impact on your vitality and well-being. Duke Integrative Medicine offers a wide array of patient services and professional education.
http://www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Eve Lausier, MD
Published 4 months ago
The Center for Learning Health Care: Who Are We and What Do We Do?
Amy P. Abernethy, MD
Director, Center for Learning Health Care
Director, Duke Cancer Care Research Program
Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing.
The Center for Learning Health Care (CLHC), under the leadership of Dr. Amy Abernethy, develops and tests practical solutions to facilitate learning care delivery systems and evidence-based patient-centered care. It brings together several existing programs at Duke and provides a platform for several new specialized cores, creating an innovation hub for investigators and academic entrepreneurs.
For further information, please visit: https://www.dcri.org/outcomes/center-for-learning-health-care
Published 4 months ago
An Energy Neutral Waste Management System for the Developing World
Dr. Jeffrey Glass, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management and Entrepreneurship at Duke University, talks about development of a fully integrated waste management system that combines electrochemical disinfection of liquid waste with combustion of biomass to convert solid waste into recoverable energy. This project was sponsored by the Gates Foundation's "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge" with a focus on individual household waste management for developing regions.
Published 4 months ago
Biomarker Guided Therapy for Heart Failure: The GUIDE-IT study
Michael Felker, MD, MHS
Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Director of Heart Failure Research
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Published 4 months ago
