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Learn about the history, services, and achievements of Duke University Hospital, a 1062-bed academic medical center in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1930, it is affiliated with Duke University School of Medicine and part of the Duke University Health System.
Learn about the history, hospitals, and services of the Duke University Health System, a private not-for-profit medical organization in North Carolina and Virginia. The system combines the Duke University School of Medicine, the Duke University School of Nursing, the Duke Clinic, and the member hospitals into a system of research, clinical care, and education.
Jesica Santillan was a Mexican girl who died after a heart-lung transplant in 2003 due to blood type mismatch. Learn about her case, the controversy, and the legacy of her story.
In the past six days, 32 people have visited Duke Health emergency departments for heat-related issues. So far this month, WakeMed has treated 43 patients for emergency heat-related illnesses, up ...
Duke University Hospital in Durham ranked 16th in North Carolina, with A grades in value of care and patient outcomes and a C grade in equity. The hospital received C grades in community benefit ...
From January 2017 through June 2022, North Carolina hospitals sued 7,517 patients and their family members to collect medical debt, according to a study by Duke University School of Law faculty ...
The rice diet was a radical treatment for malignant hypertension invented by Walter Kempner, a German physician and refugee, in 1939. It consisted of rice, fruit, sugar and low sodium, and had remarkable results, but also faced criticism and controversy.
The 0.25-mile (<400 m) section between Duke South and Duke North was closed permanently on October 15, 2008, to allow for expansion of the hospital buildings. [2] The remaining section connecting Duke Parking Garage II with Duke North Hospital was closed between late 2008 and early 2009.