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Heart Center hosts dance for cardio-health
January 29th, 2009The Heart Center will host its annual women and heart community education and outreach event on Feb. 7. This year’s theme is “Dancing For a Healthier Heart: A Red Dress Affair.”…
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Get free tickets to Monday’s big game
January 29th, 2009Get free tickets to Monday night’s Duke women’s basketball game against Boston College in Cameron Indoor Stadium. It’s Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night, courtesy of Nestle. Just stop by the Duke Athletic…
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School system video features Meliones, daughter
January 28th, 2009A new Durham Public Schools video highlighting children’s care at Duke Hospital features Alex Meliones (above, right) , daughter of Jon Meliones, M.D., who also is featured. Alex received a grant to create a communications poster…
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DUH makes nursing magazine’s top 100
January 28th, 2009Duke Hospital ranks among the best on yet another list of the top 100 hospitals to work for. DUH ranks 15th, ahead of Emory in Atlanta and behind Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…
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Famed surgery chair David Sabiston dies
January 26th, 2009David Coston Sabiston Jr., M.D., former chairman of the Department of Surgery at Duke and a truly legendary figure in the history of American medicine, died early Monday. A memorial…
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Duke expert: Africa AIDS help a Bush legacy
January 23rd, 2009PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is among the most visible legacies of George W. Bush’s two terms as president, says Michael Merson, M.D., director of the Duke Global Health…
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Bob Dole thanks Duke’s Moul for military care
January 23rd, 2009Judd Moul, M.D., chief of the Division of Urology and director of the Duke Prostate Center, was recently honored by former Sen. Bob Dole at the 56th-annual Kimbrough Urological Seminar…
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Rev. Lowery issues call for action and change
January 22nd, 2009In a Duke Chapel address during Duke’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration event, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, “dean of civil rights movement,” called Durham community members to action and change. Lowery, 87,…
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Protect patients by washing your hands
January 16th, 2009Duke University Hospital always strives to develop innovative, cutting-edge ways to support the delivery of safe care to its patients. But sometimes the simplest precautions can make the biggest differences. Such is the case…
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Be alert to a phishing scam hitting your inboxes
January 15th, 2009A phishing scam—in which spammers send e-mails that appear to be from someone you know—was discovered by last night that may be appearing in many Duke e-mail inboxes this morning. The message appears to be…