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DURHAM, N.C. -- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say researchers from Duke University Medical Center.

DURHAM, NC -- A new drug designed to normalize levels of uric acid in the blood appears to be safe and tolerable and may help patients with the painful arthritic condition known as gout better cope with their disease, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

President Bush today named Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University Medical Center, a recipient of the National Medal of Science for contributions to the biological sciences. Dr. Lefkowitz is being honored for a lifetime of research into...

DURHAM, N.C. -- A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species.

Many older people who have survived cancer five years or more take vitamins, minerals or other dietary supplements in hopes of remaining free of the disease. A new study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Texas' M.D. Ande...

DURHAM, N.C.--Exercise testing is becoming more common in cancer care, but most of the tests are not being administered in accordance with guidelines set by the American Thoracic Society, according to a new study led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.

DURHAM, N.C. -- New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke University Medical Center, this suggests the win...

DURHAM, N.C.-- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are exploiting an "Achilles Heel" of brain tumors that may selectively kill tumor cells while sparing surrounding brain tissue.