DURHAM, N.C. -- Obese people are less likely to receive preventive services such as mammograms, Pap smears and flu shots from health care providers, according to an analysis of health care data by Duke University Medical Center researchers.

If you get sick with the flu this year, it's important to remember that most healthy people recover from the flu without complications. However, there are many ways to ease the impact of influenza, says Keith Kaye, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center.

DURHAM, N.C. -- A device developed to scan computer circuit boards for defects can detect the earliest signs of hand osteoarthritis, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.

DURHAM, N.C. -- A simple, inexpensive blood test performed at birth to screen for immune disorders could dramatically increase the chance of survival for babies born with such potentially fatal disorders as severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID).

PASADENA -- When the county Board of Supervisors threatened to terminate two trauma centers and shutter several health clinics, many worried the closures could overwhelm Huntington Hospital, the San Gabriel Valley's only trauma center. If the trauma centers do close, they're unlikely to directly impact Huntington's trauma care.

WASHINGTON -- Nutritionists used to believe the health benefits of chocolate had more to do with remembering Valentine's Day than preventing heart disease. But scientists from the University of California-Davis now say chocolate may ward off heart attacks by thinning your blood like aspirin.