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COVID-19 health care workers experienced high rates of potential moral injury that are comparable to rates among military veterans, according to a collaborative study between Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

A new type of anti-clotting drug caused fewer bleeding incidents among patients with atrial fibrillation than the commonly prescribed apixaban, according to results from a head-to-head comparison of the two. The study, led by cardiologists at the DCRI, was reported April 3 at the American College of Cardiology annual scientific sessions meeting and simultaneously published in the journal The Lancet.

Heart failure patients taking the investigational drug omecamtiv mecarbil, which has been previously shown to improve long-term outcomes, see little impact on their ability to exercise compared to a placebo, according to a study supported by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Less than half of the patients with first-detected atrial fibrillation (AFib) receive rhythm control at admission, according to data analysis from the nationwide Get With The Guidelines®-Atrial Fib

School districts that required masking saw lower rates of COVID-19 transmission within schools last fall compared to those with optional masking policies, according to a study by the ABC Science Collaborative.

A pragmatic, open-label, randomized trial of 1,201 patients found as-needed use of inhaled glucocorticoids plus existing therapy improved asthma outcomes in a broad population of Black and Latinx patients with poorly controlled asthma.

Top scientists and physicians from the ABC Science Collaborative outline how a more focused COVID-19 “test-to-stay” protocol can keep kids in school without overwhelming the system.

A survey of 2,638 Duke Health patients who had total replacement of knee, hip, or shoulder joints in 2014-20 found that approximately one-third experienced high-impact or bothersome chronic pain fo

The ABC Science Collaborative’s latest study published in Pediatrics includes data from 20 school districts during summer 2021, when the Delta variant became the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in th

The trial, which was terminated early due to slow enrollment and low number of events, did not conclusively show whether different modes of a common treatment for prostate cancer were associated wi