New Duke-led research ➡️ raising blood pressure after spinal cord injury doesn’t improve recovery & may cause more harm. This may reshape ICU care for thousands. 🔗 https://duke.is/j/rkf4 #SpinalCordInjury | #NeuroICU | #CommunityHealthDuke | #DukeAnes | @dukemedschool.bsky.social#SpinalCordInjury#NeuroICU

🧠⚠️ On #NationalConcussionAwarenessDay, Duke psychologist Dr. Pete Duquette shares tips for parents on avoiding & caring for #concussions. Duquette helps kids recover from head injuries & conducts concussion research. Learn more: duke.is/concussion @dukehealth.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social

🧬 Duke Health researchers discovered that small cell lung cancer likely begins in basal stem cells. 🎥 A new video shows how they made the discovery + what it means for future care. 📖 Published in Nature 🔗 duke.is/y/qven #CancerResearch | #LungCancer | #CommunityHealthDuke

Nathan Boucher has been awarded a $2M VA grant to expand his PATH project, testing an innovative model of caregiver support for Veterans living with serious illness in rural North Carolina and Virginia. Read more: sanford.duke.edu/blog-post/bo... @dukemedschool.bsky.social @vahsr.bsky.social

🎥 Dean @MaryEKlotman talks with Aditee Narayan, Duke’s new vice dean for medical & health professions education. Dr. Narayan shares her vision for patient-centered education, where teamwork, innovation & AI prepare students to deliver compassionate care. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYR5v620Ok0

Dr. Lauren Franz, interim director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development joins this episode of the @dcrinews.bsky.social Beyond the Endpoint podcast for an in-depth conversation about autism research, care, and community. @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social

Duke researchers, led by Wayne Feng, MD, are conducting clinical trials on ultrasound and neurostimulation tools to enhance stroke recovery. 🔗 Read more: https://medschool.duke.edu/stories/engineering-hope #AcademicSky #MedSky

A new Duke University study challenges the long-held belief that daylight saving time increases heart attack risk. 🔗 Read more: https://medschool.duke.edu/news/daylight-saving-time-may-not-trigger-heart-attacks-after-all-study-finds #AcademicSky #MedSky

A new medical review by the Duke University School of Medicine warns that regular cannabis use can make it harder for doctors to safely sedate patients during procedures. Read more ⤵️ https://medschool.duke.edu/news/cannabis-use-complicates-anesthesia-duke-review-warns #AcademicSky #MedSky

🎓 Duke Medical Alumni Weekend 2025 📅 November 6–9, 2025 Registration is officially open! Join us for a memorable weekend of reconnection, celebration, and reflection with fellow Duke alumni across generations. 🔗 Learn more: https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/alumni/medical-alumni-weekend

New Duke research shows that ~1 in 12 patients with multiple cancers carry a mutation in a known cancer risk gene, potentially transforming screening, treatment, and prevention. https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/1-12-patients-multiple-cancers-carry-inherited-genetic-risk #AcademicSky #MedSky

Duke Health’s pioneering partial heart transplant procedure is now helping more children with a wider range of heart conditions.🫀 Learn more about the future of pediatric cardiac care: https://duke.is/2/jub9 #CommunityHealthDuke | #MedicalInnovation | #PediatricHeartCare | #HopeForKids

Dan Ma, PhD, has brought magnetic resonance fingerprinting to Duke -- a faster and more precise alternative to traditional MRIs that delivers reproducible, quantitative data from a single scan. 🔗: https://medschool.duke.edu/stories/mission-faster-better-mri #AcademicSky #MedSky #DukeNeurosurgery

After 10 years at Duke and a 40-year career in health care, Jacqueline S. Barnett, DHSc, MSHS, PA-C, has retired as program director of the Duke Physician Assistant Program. 🔗 Read more: https://fmch.duke.edu/news/jacqueline-barnett-retires-director-duke-physician-assistant-program

A remote, nurse-led program uncovered that rates of bone loss in high-risk men are comparable to rates seen in women. Read more ➡️ https://medschool.duke.edu/news/men-have-bone-loss-similar-women-va-program-helped-them-catch-it-early #AcademicSky #MedSky

Duke School of Medicine researchers have mapped the immune cell “cities” that form in the lungs of tuberculosis patients, revealing new insight into how TB evades treatment -- and how we might stop it. 🔗: https://medschool.duke.edu/news/inside-tbs-hidden-cities #AcademicSky #MedSky

🫀📊 New research reveals link between MASLD and undiagnosed heart failure. Time to rethink screening strategies. #MASLD #LiverHealth #NAFLD #HF @dcrinews.bsky.social @kwegermann.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social Read it here --> t.co/OjMFmqxc31

🎉Congrat to Drs. Stephanie Garbarino and Jackie Henson, recipients of the 2025 Malcolm P. Tyor MD Faculty Endowment Award! 🏆Established in honor or Dr. Malcolm Tyor, the award supports development & advancement of junior GI faculty. #GIGoodNews @dukemedschool.bsky.social

Duke researchers have uncovered a promising path to potentially treat a family of rare neurodegenerative disease called neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). 🔗: https://mgm.duke.edu/news/fundamental-cell-molecule-could-help-fight-rare-brain-disorders #AcademicSky #MedSky

Duke University School of Medicine’s 56th Student Research Symposium featured 100+ posters from third-year MD students, showcasing research in maternal health, AI, and more. 🔗 Read more: https://medschool.duke.edu/news/duke-medical-student-discoveries-chart-future-health-care #AcademicSky #MedSky

ICYMI: First-year students in the School of Medicine’s MD program celebrated their entry into the profession of medicine at the White Coat Ceremony. 🔗: https://medschool.duke.edu/news/incoming-md-class-celebrates-white-coat-ceremony?utm_campaign=SoMnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

📽️ New video: As the Fall 2025 semester begins, Dean @MaryEKlotman chats with Daren Solis and Alvin So, two inspiring students in Duke’s health professions programs. Watch now: https://youtu.be/YOouiOp4IbU?si=1Cpt8i08E4nZTj3I #AcademicSky #MedSky #DukeDPT #DukePA

Cannabis addiction isn’t harmless and treating it has proven difficult. @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social scientists are exploring a promising new therapy that uses targeted magnetic pulses to retrain the brain and reduce cravings. 🔗: medschool.duke.edu/stories/rewi... #AcademicSky #MedSky #Cannabis

Family caregivers can face immense strain, often without support. New Duke research highlights the need for caregiver-centered approaches and shows that combining family and formal care leads to better outcomes for care recipients. medschool.duke.edu/news/reimagi... #Caregivers #AcademicSky

A recent study from @dukemedschool.bsky.social reveals that taking five or more medications, known as polypharmacy, may be associated with slower gait, weaker grip strength, and poorer balance, even in adults as young as 50. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/news/piling-... #AcademicSky #MedSky

New research from Duke could transform how complications related to the placenta during pregnancy are detected and prevented. This discovery may also lead to new insights into cancer, bone healing, and viral infections. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/news/protein... #AcademicSky #MedSky

Innovative NIH-funded research from interdisciplinary researchers across @dukemedschool.bsky.social aims to discover new way to identify #autism earlier, leading to more effective support for kids and their families. Check it out ⤵️

Dr. Dennis Clements has retired after 50+ years at Duke, including a founding role at @dukeghi.bsky.social and decades of teaching global health. His office is a museum of memories, from conference lanyards to student thank-you notes. 🔗: globalhealth.duke.edu/news/memorie... #DukeGHI

Breakthrough myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) research in @natmed.nature.com identifies new biomarkers for the long-misunderstood disease. 🔗: medschool.duke.edu/news/ai-that... #AcademicSky #MedSky #ChronicFatigue

Neurobiologist Diego V. Bohórquez, PhD, leads discovery of a gut-brain pathway that helps microbes in the gut nudge the brain to influence appetite and behavior. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/newl... #AcademicSky #MedSky #Neuroscience #GutHealth

A deadly fungal infection, often missed or diagnosed too late, may soon be detected in hours. @dukeghi.bsky.social researchers have developed a PCR test for talaromycosis that could save lives by enabling earlier treatment. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/rapid-d... #AcademicSky #MedSky #GlobalHealth

Alfonzo’s stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis felt like the end but an NIH-funded trial @ Duke Cancer Institute gave him new life. Now he’s back to dancing, family, and cheering on Duke Men's Basketball. Learn more about how Duke Research Saves Lives: today.duke.edu/research @dukemedschool.bsky.social

A new long-term study by Duke researchers shows weight loss from bariatric surgery helped patients with diabetes save thousands of dollars for years. Read more ➡️ medschool.duke.edu/news/bariatr... #AcademicSky #MedSky #DukePopHealth #WeightLossResearch

Research led by Duke's Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD, shows that key proteins in the ankles are similar to those used by salamanders to regenerate severed limbs and might hold the key to a new therapeutic approach for joint disease. ➡️ corporate.dukehealth.org/news/ankles-... #AcademicSky #MedSky

ICYMI: A team from the Duke Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (@dukesurgery.bsky.social) has performed the first robotic bilateral lung transplant in the Southeast. Read more ⤵️ surgery.duke.edu/news/duke-su... #AcademicSky #MedSky

North Carolina Children’s has found its home! 🏡 ❤️ The first independent, freestanding children’s health system in the Carolinas will be built in Apex, North Carolina! To learn more, please visit: bit.ly/4lHbQfB #NCChildrens

The new Center of Excellence for Multiscale Immune Systems Modeling (MISM), launching soon by Duke University School of Medicine researchers, will transform how we understand and treat infectious and immune-related diseases. #AcademicSky #MedSky

🧠 New Duke-led study in Immunity finds the brain relies on immune signals to form key connections. Led by Dr. Staci D. Bilbo, the team discovered a chemical signal that may play a role in autism & Alzheimer’s. Read more: medschool.duke.edu/news/neuro-i... #AcademicSky #MedSky

Durham teens who learned to navigate their city by bus, bike or on foot got more exercise, more independence, and a shot at healthier habits for life, a Duke School of Medicine and Durham Parks and Recreation study finds. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/news/helping... #AcademicSky #MedSky #Durham

Microplastics are increasingly being detected in our food, water, and even within our bodies. Researchers at Duke are investigating a critical question: what are the health implications of this invisible exposure? 🔗: today.duke.edu/2025/06/micr... #MedSky #AcademicSky #DukeMedicine #DukePCB

Emma Townsend is a two-time cancer survivor now fighting uterine cancer. It’s one of the few cancer types that’s on the rise. At Duke, researchers continue to find better answers, treatments, and hope. More: www.dukehealth.org/treatments/c... #UterineCancerAwareness | #CancerResearch

"Culture of Collaboration" - See why the Duke Autism Center's Geraldine Dawson, PhD, and other leading scholars chose Duke: interdisciplinary.duke.edu/news/nine-re... @dukepsychiatry.bsky.social

Fibroids can blur ultrasound results—leading to missed endometrial cancer warnings. For Black women, that can mean no biopsy, and no early diagnosis. Research by @dukecancer.bsky.social could help close the care gap. 🔗 Read more: www.dukecancerinstitute.org/blogs/could-... #AcademicSky #MedSky

Duke researchers, led by Dr. Michael Pencina and Dr. Chuan Hong, have developed two pioneering frameworks designed to evaluate the performance, safety, and reliability of large language models (LLMs) in healthcare. corporate.dukehealth.org/news/duke-un... 1/2

Building Better Immunotherapy: Using a method spearheaded by led by José Ramón Conejo-Garcia, MD, PhD, and Scott Antonia, MD, PhD (pictured here), immune cells are being engineered to find and attack cancer tumors. 🔗: medschool.duke.edu/stories/buil... #AcademicSky #MedSky #Immunobiology

A recent Duke study explored a link between ADHD, difficulties with big emotions, and adaptive behavior – the ability to perform social and personal life skills - in autistic children. We found that kids with more difficulty with big emotions also had difficulty with social adaptive behavior.

Duke University School of Medicine researchers have developed two pioneering studies that offer a new approach to ensuring that artificial intelligence systems used in clinical settings meet the highest standards of quality and accountability. #DukeB&B #AcademicSky #MedSky #AI

The AI tool Raygun (named as an homage to “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”) is just one of several tools that a team led by Duke's Rohit Singh, PhD, has built to help scientists work both faster and smarter. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/hone... #DukeB&B #DukeCellBiology #AcademicSky #MedSky

Over 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Duke scientists may have found a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids, using adenosine to target pain at its source. 🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/news/breakin... #DukeBiochemistry #AcademicSky #MedSky

Shuo Han, PhD, a Duke biochemist, is leading research to decode the gut microbiome’s chemical language. Her lab has released a free protocol that helps researchers detect over 800 gut-derived metabolites. 🔗 Read more: www.biochem.duke.edu/news/secret-... #DukeBiochemistry #AcademicSky #MedSky