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Older Women Using Vaginal Estrogen Had More UTIs Around Hip Fracture Surgery in Small Duke Study of 375

In a Duke study of 375 women with hip fractures, vaginal estrogen users had more UTIs around surgery. The link does not prove that estrogen caused them.

Medical Daily · Oct 25

Charlotte Patients Could Gain 200 Hospital Beds if Duke and CaroMont Win Approval to Challenge Atrium and Novant

Duke and CaroMont seek state approval for 200 Charlotte-area hospital beds. What it could mean for patients and when the state will decide.

Medical Daily · Oct 17

North Carolina Teachers and State Workers Get Until November 6 to Pick 2027 Health Plans Amid Atrium Lawsuit

NC State Health Plan members now have until Nov. 6 to choose 2027 coverage as the state sues Atrium Health. Here is how to compare plans and costs.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

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65 Employees Share The Most Chilling Things That Happened To Them And Their Coworkers

All jokes aside, your job can be extremely traumatic. And not in a “my mean boss and passive-aggressive coworkers are annoying and sometimes steal my lunch” kind of way. Accidents, truly toxic colleagues, false accusations, and distressing situations can catch you unaware and scar you for life. Employees who have…

Bored Panda · Apr 24

White House freezes $108m in funds to Duke University over affirmative action

Trump administration says North Carolina school violated Civil Rights Act by using racial preferences in hiring

The Guardian - US · Jul 30, 2025

“The first child is the one that pays the most”: How one family carved out Medicaid coverage for a rare treatment

Gabe Nolasco was born without a vital immune system gland. His family spent years in quarantines and advocating to state insurance so they could keep him alive.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 7, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

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Duke Health draws transparency criticism over patient data deal with tech company

For each of Duke Health’s hundreds of thousands of patients, the institution keeps an exhaustive record of valuable health data.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

This company is bioengineering pig kidneys and livers for possible transplant into humans

In an Minnesota lab, clear containers hold pig kidneys and livers that scientists hope will someday be transplantable in humans.

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

World-first ‘living tissue’ partial heart transplant saves newborn baby

‘He was basically already in heart failure, pretty much right out the gate,’ mother says

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

Tiny heart transplant could change how future transplants are done, Duke doctors say

DURHAM, N.C. — Doctors at Duke Health say they have performed a heart transplant on a 6-month-old boy in a way that could change how organ transplants are done in the future.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

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