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.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have shown that moderate exercise – without accompanying weight loss – can improve insulin sensitivity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a group with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center will lead the first pediatric clinical trial of sodium nitroprusside, a blood pressure-lowering drug widely used in children for decades despite never being studied in children.

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. -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have received a $4 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study infectious diseases that plague AIDS patients in Tanzania.

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. -- High doses of vitamin C increase the severity of spontaneous knee osteoarthritis in an animal model of the disease, according to a new study by Duke University Medical Center researchers.

DURHAM, N.C. -- People who followed a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet lost more weight than people on a low-fat, low-cholesterol, low-calorie diet during a six-month comparison study at Duke University Medical Center. However, the researchers caution that people with medical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure should not start the diet without close medical supervision.

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).

DURHAM, N.C. -- In response to the worldwide obesity epidemic, doctors at Duke University Medical Center have developed a multidisciplinary course that teaches future physicians to effectively treat and counsel obese patients.

University of Idaho researchers will use the DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's Matched Index of Refraction Flow System to investigate how realistic roughness affects jet engine turbine blades. Instead of relying on a supercomputer or wind tunnel to study flow, they will use baby oil and lasers, simulating the blade's surface with a quartz model.

INEEL researchers have discovered a way to make magnets used in computer hard drives and motors more powerful and durable, while also slashing their manufacturing costs.