Two years ago, Grafton learned he had stage four lung cancer. But thanks to a clinical trial at Duke funded by the National ...

An At-Large Appointment Includes Community and Rural Representation ...

The people most at risk from suicide aren’t adolescents in angst or those experiencing a midlife lull, but men age 75 and ...

President Donald Trump’s policies over the past six months have brought profound changes to the “research” part of the Research Triangle. What happened — and where does the region go from here?

Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies.

Is your brain aging faster than your chronological age? New research shows it could raise your risk of death and dementia significantly—and offers promise for early intervention.

PEPFAR, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has been hailed as “the most important and consequential contribution to public health”, ...

Three young Triangle-based medical technology companies with roots in Duke University research labs are getting major global attention from their industry. They’re among the 65 cutting-edge companies ...

While the U.S. government still officially considers marijuana a Schedule I drug with no accepted medical use, federal agencies are increasingly breaking with that position. In one notable example, an ...

She said 60 minutes of activity five days a week is advised for weight loss, but something is better than nothing. Twenty ...

Dunedin Study researchers have developed a new tool that can tell how fast someone is aging by looking at a snapshot of their brain.Called ...

After sounding the alarm about harmful algae blooms taking over coves in Lake Wateree, Kershaw County neighbors are finally getting a solution.