Weight Loss Surgery Gives Former Football Player His Life Back
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Ronald Utley of Wendell weighed 635 pounds and was suffering from leg ulcers, gout, and other serious health issues when he decided it was time to consider weight loss surgery. Nearly one year after undergoing a duodenal switch at Duke, he ’s down to 389 and feeling good about his journey toward his goal weight.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - April 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Running After Hip Dysplasia Surgery
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David Logan is a personal trainer, coaches wrestling and was even training to be a Navy SEAL before hip dysplasia derailed that dream. Doctors elsewhere told him to consider hip replacement surgery to relieve his excruciating hip pain. Logan immediately discounted that option because it would curtail his very active lifestyle. He did his research and found Brian Lewis, MD, a Duke hip surgeon. Lewis suggested a series of procedures that would return Logan to running pain-free again.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: efh7 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Donated Kidney Saves Best Friend ’s Life
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Glenn Graham and Cecil Hogue have been best friends since third grade. That friendship took a step beyond the routine in 2018 when Graham donated a kidney to save Hogue ’s life. “It was an opportunity to help a very good friend and his family,” Graham said. “I was happy to do it.”
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Liver Transplant Cures Rare HEHE Liver Tumor
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Teresa Cumbie ’s liver cancer was so rare that her Myrtle Beach, SC oncologist had never seen anything like it. After her biopsy samples were sent for medical opinions around the country, she was diagnosed with hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE). Armed with that knowledge, Teresa started looking fo r doctors experienced with her condition. She found them at Duke University Hospital in Durham. Today, thanks to a successful liver transplant, she’s cancer-free.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Nurse Back on Her Feet Days After Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery
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When the bunion on Kim Aiken ’s foot grew so large that she had to go up a shoe size -- and so painful she could barely get through her nursing shifts -- she knew it was time to see a doctor. A Duke orthopaedic surgeon performed a new, less invasive type of bunion surgery, and Aiken walked out of the surgery center just hours after the procedure.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Urgent Care Is Now More Convenient
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Now you can check Duke Urgent Care locations and wait times -- online, from any device -- and reserve a spot at the clinic most convenient for you.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Four Weight Loss Surgery Facts You Should Know
Treatment TermsWeight loss surgery
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There are many misconceptions about obesity, diet, and weight loss surgery. Some people perceive surgery to be “cheating” or an “easy way out.” Others believe they feel like failures because they were unable to lose weight on their own. We want to help you understand what's really going on with your body.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Weight Loss Surgery: Just the Facts
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There are many misconceptions about obesity, diet, and weight loss surgery a lot. Some people perceive surgery to be “cheating” or an “easy way out.” Others believe they feel like failures because they were unable to lose weight on their own. We want to help you understand what's really going on with your body.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Swift Path to Kidney Transplant, After a Decade of Kidney Disease
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At age 27, Barb Lavalette learned she had a disease that, over time, could severely damage her kidney function. For more than a decade, she managed her kidney disease and built a life and family. Then her kidneys began to fail rapidly and she was placed on the transplant waitlist at Duke. Fortunately, her wait was shorter than most.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - March 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Liver Transplant Saves Critically Ill Patient
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Ray Thompson was a teenager when doctors first suspected something was wrong with his liver. He was an adult when he learned his condition was autoimmune hepatitis, a chronic disease in which the body ’s immune system attacks the liver. He kept it under control, but his luck ran out two years ago -- when he became so ill that he needed a liver transplant. While researching liver transplant programs, his wife discovered Duke was one of the best. Thompson was evaluated for the transplant and plac ed on the waitlist within one week of his first appointment. Th...
Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Learning to Manage Chronic Joint Pain and Preparing for Joint Replacement Surgery
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Hubert Nall ’s knee pain was so bad last year that it limited his ability to walk, climb stairs and be active. However, that lack of activity also meant he wasn’t in great shape. It was a double-edged sword because his doctor told him needed to lose weight and increase his leg strength before he could be el igible for knee replacement surgery.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - January 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: efh7 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Flu Restrictions in Place
If you are planning to visit a Duke hospital, please be aware that flu restrictions are in place. These visitor restrictions are activated in response to an increase in flu-like activity across North Carolina and elsewhere, and are part of our efforts to minimize the spread of the flu virus.CTA Link: Learn MorePhoto: Is Guest WiFi Page Only Announcement: (Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News)
Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - January 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: jf210 at duke.edu Source Type: news
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - January 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Duke Primary Care Recognized as Primary Care Medical Home
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Duke Primary Care has earned formal recognition as a Primary Care Medical Home by The Joint Commission, an independent accrediting organization recognized for its quality standards in health care. Its Primary Care Medical Home certification acknowledges our continued commitment to providing comprehensive, coordinated care in an unhurried, patient-focused environment.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - December 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Considering Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?
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Many doctors and hospitals now offer transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic valve disease, but their experience and success rates vary. Here ’s what you need to know before choosing where to have TAVR.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - October 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mf205 at duke.edu Source Type: news