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Duke Medicine conceptually integrates the Duke University Health System, the Duke University School of Medicine, and the Duke University School of Nursing. It is the combination of research, clinical care, and education that takes place through the efforts of our faculty, staff, students, and trainees at many different sites throughout our region and worldwide.
This photomicrograph depicts Cryptococcus neoformans a fungal pathogen that has been causing an increasing number of life-threatening infections. People with AIDS, and those using immunosuppressive drugs are most vulnerable.

Warmer climate drives fungi to be more dangerous to our health

Duke Medicine
Categories Health, Life & Non-humans
Excess fat triggers immune cells to overeat serotonin in the brain of developing male mice, leading to depression-like behavior

Mom’s dietary fat rewires male and female brains differently

Duke Medicine
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
The small tablet containing a protective vaccine for UTIs immediately dissolves when placed in a liquid

Dissolving tablet vaccine prevents urinary tract infections in mice

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Categories Health
Feet on bathroom scale.

New study finds weight bias pervasive across racial and ethnic groups

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Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences

The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen

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Categories Life & Non-humans

All the lonely people: The impact of loneliness in old age on life and health expectancy

Duke Medicine
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences

New Therapy Approach to Cut Off Prostate Cancer’s Fuel Source

Duke Medicine
Categories Health

The Real Reason Why Stores Ran Out of Toilet Paper

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Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences

Window for Slowing COVID’s Spread was Smaller than Projected

Duke Medicine
Categories Health

Male Baboons With Female Friends Live Longer

Duke Medicine
Categories Life & Non-humans

Real Neurons are Noisy. Can Neural Implants Figure That Out?

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Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

Lost species of African mammal rediscovered

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Categories Life & Non-humans
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