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Heart pumps: High cost, high mortality in an emerging technology
Ventricular assist devices, or VADs -- surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant -- are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early death among Medicare recipients, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
EurekAlert! – Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Ventricular assist devices, or VADs -- surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant -- are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early death among Medicare recipients, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
EurekAlert! – Nov 25, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke’s Marine Lab’s Repass Center Earns Gold By Going Green
The Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., has been awarded the Gold LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 5:55 PM [GMT] – comment?
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The Marguerite Kent Repass Ocean Conservation Center at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., has been awarded the Gold LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 5:55 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke Gets Gates Foundation Grant For HIV Resistance Study
Duke University has received a two-year, $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study resistance to HIV infection among people with hemophilia.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 2:54 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke University has received a two-year, $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study resistance to HIV infection among people with hemophilia.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 2:54 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke Wary Of Economic Plunge
Duke University is watching spending closely, according to The Duke Chronicle.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 12:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke University is watching spending closely, according to The Duke Chronicle.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 24, 2008 12:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke Grad Student Named 1 Of 32 Rhodes Scholars
A 2007 Duke University graduate who created a program in which college athletes go to rural communities in developing countries to work with middle school-aged children was named one of 32 Rhodes Scholars this weekend.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 23, 2008 4:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
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A 2007 Duke University graduate who created a program in which college athletes go to rural communities in developing countries to work with middle school-aged children was named one of 32 Rhodes Scholars this weekend.
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 23, 2008 4:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke seeks millions to expand facilities
Duke University Health System is seeking approval from state regulators for a $235 million expansion to its cancer treatment and research facilities.
The News & Observer – Nov 22, 2008 05:30 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Duke University Health System is seeking approval from state regulators for a $235 million expansion to its cancer treatment and research facilities.
The News & Observer – Nov 22, 2008 05:30 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Rhodes Scholars program to interview students in Birmingham on Saturday
Three students from Alabama will compete Saturday in Birmingham to become Rhodes Scholars. University of Alabama student Paul Hanninen of Tuscaloosa, Duke University student Julia Parker Goyer of Mountain Brook and University of the South student Hayley Evans Robb of Huntsville are finalists for the ... more »
al.com - Everything Alabama – Nov 22, 2008 04:23 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Three students from Alabama will compete Saturday in Birmingham to become Rhodes Scholars. University of Alabama student Paul Hanninen of Tuscaloosa, Duke University student Julia Parker Goyer of Mountain Brook and University of the South student Hayley Evans Robb of Huntsville are finalists for the ... more »
al.com - Everything Alabama – Nov 22, 2008 04:23 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Obama Leans On Lincoln In Preparation For the Presidency
As Barack Obama prepares to become the country's 44th president, much of his political philosophy seems influenced by the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, who took office as the 16th U.S. president in 1861. Columbia University historian Eric Foner and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal discu ... more »
NPR.org – Nov 21, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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As Barack Obama prepares to become the country's 44th president, much of his political philosophy seems influenced by the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, who took office as the 16th U.S. president in 1861. Columbia University historian Eric Foner and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal discu ... more »
NPR.org – Nov 21, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Tumors Fuelled By Lactic Acid
A team of researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) has found that lactic acid is an important energy source for tumor cells. In further experiments, they discovered a new way to destroy the most hard-to-kill, dangerous tumor cells by preventin ... more »
Medical News Today – Nov 21, 2008 12:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Health: Cancer
A team of researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) has found that lactic acid is an important energy source for tumor cells. In further experiments, they discovered a new way to destroy the most hard-to-kill, dangerous tumor cells by preventin ... more »
Medical News Today – Nov 21, 2008 12:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Haiti Lifted Up in Candlelight Vigil
Through candlelight and the voice of a 12-year-old girl singing “Jesus Loves Me,” the country of Haiti and it’s people were lifted up on the quad of Duke University Thursday evening
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 21, 2008 03:53 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Through candlelight and the voice of a 12-year-old girl singing “Jesus Loves Me,” the country of Haiti and it’s people were lifted up on the quad of Duke University Thursday evening
WNCN - NBC 17 – Nov 21, 2008 03:53 AM [GMT] – comment?
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