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August 7, 2012

QI initiative seeks to provide patients with clearer medication information at the pharmacy

A new quality improvement initiative that aims to disseminate newly designed patient medication information to patients filling prescriptions at participating pharmacies has been launched.

May 7, 2012

Study: 2-in-5 Americans will be obese by 2030

Researchers from the Duke University Medical Center on Monday released a public health study finding that even maintaining the current prevalence of obesity in the United States would realize savings of almost $550 billion over the next two decades.

September 23, 2011

Study: Gestational diabetes, prediabetes could increase breast cancer risk in African-American women

Researchers have found signaling pathways in cells that may allow earlier detection and prevention of cancer in African-American women.

April 29, 2011

Study: Unintentional drug overdoses 'epidemic' driven by prescription opioid use

The number of unintentional deaths from overdosing on prescription opioid painkillers in 2007 was greater than those from heroin and cocaine combined, according to a new study by medical researchers at the University of North Carolina, Duke University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who in particular called such deaths among teenagers and adults a national epidemic.

March 24, 2011

Give me cigarettes or give me health: 82% of menthol smokers would quit if FDA banned menthol cigarettes, GSK survey finds

Four-in-5 menthol smokers would quit if the Food and Drug Administration banned mentholated cigarettes, according to a survey conducted this month with sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

October 11, 2010

Obesity costs U.S. employers billions, study finds

New research by Duke University found that obese workers cost U.S. employers $73.1 billion a...

March 18, 2010

NHVR: Increased funding needed for viral hepatitis screening, intervention

“Systemic underfunding” at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Viral Hepatitis puts...