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Chemotherapy is a common first step for those diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, but it doesn't work as well for all races.

EVER GET. NOBODY CARES. >> NEW AT 7, THE RESULTS OF A STUDY BY DUKE HEALTH JUST RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON SHOW TUMORS MAY BE BIOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON A PERSON'S RACE SHOW. THIS SPECIFIC STUDY LOOKED AT CANCER, BUT THE FINDINGS THEY SAY COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WAY THE CANCER ACROSS THE BOARD IS TREATED. WRAL, HEALTH REPORTER GRACE HABER SPOKE WITH THE RESEARCHERS ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND WHAT THEY COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. >> WHAT MAKES THE STUDY SO UNIQUE IS IT LOOKED AT THE TREATMENT PLAN ITSELF TO TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY CERTAIN RACES HAVE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. SPECIFICALLY IT LOOKED TO CHEMO THERAPY AND ITS EFFECTS ON WOMEN WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE CANCER. AND IT FOUND THE REASON TREATMENTS LIKE CHEMO MAY NOT WORK THE SAME FOR EVERYONE IS BECAUSE THE BIOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF THE TUMORS THEMSELVES ARE DIFFERENT. TRIPLE NEGATIVE CANCER IS AGGRESSIVE AND ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 15% OF ALL CANCERS. IT HAPPENS WHEN CANCER CELLS DON'T HAVE THE NORMAL RECEPTORS AND DON'T MAKE ANY OR MAKE VERY LITTLE OF THE PROTEIN. HER 2. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EFFECT. IT TARGETED THERAPIES FOR THIS KIND OF CANCER AND WINS BY PRIMARILY ON CHEMOTHERAPY. >> CHEMO IS OFTEN THE FIRST STEP IN TREATMENT FOR THIS KIND OF CANCER. BUT AS DOCTOR MAGGIE, TO NO MAN EXPLAINS, THE STUDY FOUND RESPONSES TO IT AND SUBSEQUENT SURVIVAL RATES VARIED BASED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY. WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS THAT. >> THAT THE TRIPLE NEGATIVE CANCERS MAY NOT BE THE SAME BIOLOGICALLY IN ALL WOMEN. ALL THE CLINICAL TRIALS THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE REGIMENS OF TREATMENT FOR WOMEN WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE CANCER FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON ON WHITE WOMEN. DO SAYS TUMORS IN BOTH HISPANIC AND BLACK WOMEN ARE OFTEN LARGER AND MORE LIKELY TO BE DISCOVERED AT LATER STAGES. DESPITE THIS, THE STUDY STILL FOUND DISPARITIES IN HOW DIFFERENT RACES RESPONDED TO CHEMO, HISPANIC WOMEN HAVE THE VERY BEST RESPONSE RATE OF ALL WITH CHEMOTHERAPY, EFFECTIVELY CLEARING TUMORS IN 33% OF PATIENTS. WHITE WOMEN HAVE THE SECOND-BEST RESPONSE WITH 31% FOLLOWED BY ASIAN WOMEN. WITH 29%. WHILE BLACK WOMEN HAD THE LOWEST WITH A 27%. >> THE DATA, YOU KNOW, MAY SAYS POINTS TO THE NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH AND COULD MEAN ENTIRELY NEW TREATMENTS MAY BE NEEDED. >> THIS KIND OF GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT PREVENT PATIENTS FROM RESPONDING, WE PROBABLY CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE PATIENT'S RESPONSE TO TREATMENT BY LOOKING AT THE STAT DIFFERENCES IN THE HISPANIC POPULATION AS WELL. GRACE HABE A WRAL NEWS AND IT'S ALWAYS WORTH REPEATING THAT MAMMOGRAMS ARE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SPOT EARLY SIGNS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANCER, INCLUDING TRIPLE NEGATIVE CANCER. >> SCREENINGS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE OF AVERAGE RISK BEGINNING AT AGE 40. IF YOU HAVEN'T KNOWN FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE OR OTHER RISK FACTORS. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR

New study points to different tumor biology based on race 

Parts of parks in Durham are still closed after Duke researchers discovered lead in 2022. Professor Dan Richter with the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment said this issue is seen in many cities.

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Professor Dan Richter with the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment said the issue of lead in public parks is seen in many cities.

<p>TOP. 25 POINTS AND THE NASDAQ DROPPED AN ENTIRE PERCENTAGE POINT. &gt;&gt; THE PARKS IN DURHAM STILL HAVE AREAS THAT ARE CLOSED AFTER DUKE RESEARCHERS FOUND LIVE IN THE SOIL. PROFESSOR EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS AND WRAL INVESTIGATES UNCOVERED EMAILS WHICH SHOWED EMPLOYEES PUT OFF HIS CONCERNS FOR MONTHS TODAY. THAT RESEARCHER TOLD WRAL'S MONICA CASEY, THIS MAY REALLY BE A PROBLEM IN OTHER URBAN AREAS AS WELL. &gt;&gt; LEAD LEVELS IN 8 SAMPLES FROM THIS EASTER ON PARK MEASURED GREATER THAN THE EPA THRESHOLD. THE DUKE PROFESSOR WHO DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM SAYS THIS MAY BE AN ISSUE IN CITY PARKS AROUND THE COUNTRY. &gt;&gt; ORANGE FENCING BLOCKED OFF PARTS OF PARKS AROUND DURHAM, THE RESTRICTED ACCESS IS RECENT. BUT THE ISSUE GOES BACK DECADES. DUKE PROFESSOR DAN RECTOR NOTICED AN OVERLAP OF OLD CITY INCINERATOR SIGHTS ON A 1937 MAP AND CONTEMPORARY DURHAM PARKS AS A SOIL, CHEMISTS THAT REALLY GOT MY INTEREST GATHERING DATA FROM DIGIT HIGHS. NEWSPAPERS, DUKE'S ORIGINAL TESTING LOOKED AT EAST END EAST DURHAM AND WALLTOWN PARKS. THE CITY'S 3RD PARTY TESTING COMPANY ADDED LYONNE AND NORTHGATE PARK STOOD THERE TESTING LIST 500 TRUCKLOADS OF CASH WERE WERE TRANSFERRED FROM TOWN OF TO NORTHGATE PARK TO FILL IN LOW-LYING AREAS. RICHTER SAYS THIS IS NOT JUST A DURHAM ISSUE. CITY WASTE ASH WAS IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF AROUND THE COUNTRY. DISREGARDING THE IMPACT ON HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WAS DUMPED IN HARBOR IS IT WAS DUMPING GOALIES. &gt;&gt; IN IN THE 1940'S IT IT IT WAS THEY WERE FILLING CANYONS DOING THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEVER THINK OF DOING TODAY WITH BETTER TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO HISTORICAL RECORDS AND A NEW FOCUS ON CITY SOIL MAPS. RICHTER HELPS OTHER CITIES. WE'LL START CLEANING UP THEIR PARKS AS WELL. WE CAN TRACK DOWN THESE &gt;&gt; CITY PARK PROBLEMS AND CITY SOIL PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAYBE A DECADE AGO IN DURHAM, MONICA CASEY, WRAL NEWS, AS FOR THE NEXT STEPS IN DURHAM, THE CITY SAYS FINDINGS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND</p>

After an eye-opening report by a Duke researcher, Durham city leaders have a plan to find out for themselves, if dangerous levels of lead are in public parks.

WITH MISDEMEANOR ATTEMPTED BREAKING AND ENTERING THE 4TH WAS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR CONSPIRACY AFTER AN EYE-OPENING REPORT BY DUKE RESEARCHER DURHAM CITY LEADERS HAVE A PLAN TO FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES, HAVE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF LEAD ARE IN PUBLIC PARKS. THAT PLAN CAME UNDER FIRE TONIGHT FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY. THAT'S THE ROAD JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS SOME PASSIONATE VOICES OF THIS THEY DID NOT HOLD BACK. GERALD, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GREW UP GOING TO THESE PARKS, SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO THESE PARKS. >> THEY CAME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING TO FIND OUT WHAT ACTION THE CITY IS TAKING AFTER THAT DUKE UNIVERSITY REPORT RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE CITY HAS HIRED MID-ATLANTIC ASSOCIATES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING FIRM TO TEST THE SOIL AT THE CITY'S PARKS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES NAMED IN THE REPORT EAST END WALLTOWN NORTHGATE IN LYON PARKS. ONCE THEIR PROPOSED GAME PLAN IS APPROVED, THEY'LL BE AT THOSE PARKS WITHIN A WEEK OR 2 AND THEN COULD HAVE LAB RESULTS WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT, THE CITY WILL BE KEEPING THE PARKS OPEN THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TONIGHT WHO WANT THE PARKS CLOSED AND BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT CONTAMINATED SOIL ISSUES LONG BEFORE THE DUKE STUDENTS REPORT. >> I AM SHAME. SHAME ON THE CO DURHAM. SAME EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING A STUDENT SO YOU CAN PLAY PLAYMATE. IT KIND OF PUTS A FOOT WHO DO WE AND BOJAN THE OF WITH THIS ISSUE? YOU MAY LOSE YOUR JOB. >> THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CALLS THIS LEAD INVESTIGATION A QUOTE, EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER AND SAID REPEATEDLY THAT THEY

Community members speak out about lead found at Durham parks 

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Plea deals are the most common way criminal cases are resolved in North Carolina. They're used more than 90% of the time. But who gets them the most -- and why?

Does race play a role in the justice system? Duke researchers study plea deals in Durham County

Duke research: Who gets plea deals and why? 

INVESTIGATION HERE TONIGHT OUT OF NASH COUNTY THANK YOU, MARK PLEA DEALS ARE THE MOST COMMON WAY CRIMINAL CASES ARE RESOLVED IN NORTH CAROLINA. USE MORE THAN 90% OF THE TIME. >> YET ONLY A FEW PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE GET TO SEE HOW THOSE DEALS ARE MADE. NEW RESEARCH OUT TODAY FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY HOPES TO CHANGE THAT TO BE OUR REPORTER. SARAH KRUEGER EXPLAINS WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. >> THE RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE PLEA DEALS AS HAPPENING IN A BLACK BOX. KIND OF THIS MYSTERIOUS PROCESS THAT IS SELDOM ANALYZED UNTIL NOW. AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE WAS FULLY ON BOARD WITH THIS STUDY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. A TEAM OF DUKE RESEARCHERS STUDIED EVERY ANGLE OF THE PLEA DEALS OFFERED IN DURHAM COUNTY COURTROOMS. THEY WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHO GOT THE BEST DEALS AND WHY AT TIMES A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THAT THERE HAS BEEN WHEN IT COMES TO PLEA NEGOTIATIONS >> CAN SOMETIMES FEEL PUBLIC DISTRUST AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. KEVIN DE HARDY WAS THE LEAD RESEARCHER STUDYING, PLEASE IN DURHAM FROM APRIL 2021. TO APRIL 2022. >> MOST SURPRISING TO HIM AND TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. THAT ON AD BARRY, WHERE THE FINDINGS THAT PERTAINED TO RAISE IN CASES WITH WHITE DEFENDANTS. PROSECUTORS WERE MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER MORE MITIGATING FACTORS OR REASONS SENATE SHOULD BE LIGHTER IN CASES WITH BLACK DEFENDANTS, PROSECUTORS TENDED TO CONSIDER MORE AGGRAVATING FACTORS OR REASONS THAT A SENTENCE SHOULD BE HARSHER. THE DATA SHOWED HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE CHARGED IN DURHAM ARE BLACK, BUT 80% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE PROSECUTE A BLOCK. >> ABOUT 60% BUT VICTIMS ALSO LAUBACH WHEREAS THEY ACCOUNT FOR 36% OF THE POPULATION. THAT DISPARITIES TO THE STUDY ALSO FOUND NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF ALL CHARGES IN DURHAM WERE DISMISSED BY PROSECUTORS. 93% OF THE TIME THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS THE DEFENDANT WAS PLEADING GUILTY TO SOMETHING ELSE. THE STUDY SHOWED THE TYPE OF ATTORNEY A DEFENDANT HAS IMPACTS THE OUTCOME. PEOPLE WITH PRIVATE COUNSEL WERE LESS LIKELY TO GET PRISON TIME. DEBERRY SAYS IN HER 5 YEARS IN OFFICE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 30,000 CASES. WE THOUGHT WE BARGAIN NEED THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. >> WITH LITERALLY GRIND TO A HALT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE CASES TO TRIAL. THIS RESEARCH WILL HELP HER OFFICE ANALYZED ITSELF AND IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY. AND THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE THE

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Millions of Americans suffer from migraines. Researchers explored how different colors of light generate different responses in the brain -- and studies show certain treatments involving light can actually alleviate symptoms. Ajay Kori, a Durham native and Duke University graduate, is on a mission to bring this science to migraine patients. 

<p>CAN MAKE A THE MORRIS. SO KIM LIGHT, LIGHT CAN GENERATE DIFFERENT RESPONSES IN OUR BRAIN AND STUDY SHOWS CERTAIN TREATMENTS INVOLVING LIGHT CAN ALLEVIATE SYMPTOMS FOR JOINING US NOW IS A DURHAM NATIVE AND DUKE GRADUATE TO HELP BRING SCIENCE TO PEOPLE. SO WHAT I WAS TALKING TO YOU DURING THE BREAK WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT BOTH OF US, WE ARE LUCKY IN THAT WE DON'T SUFFER FROM MIGRAINES BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A HUGE ISSUE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. HOW WIDESPREAD IS THIS PROBLEM?&gt;&gt; THE THIRD MOST COMMON ILLNESS IN THE WORLD WHICH IS CRAZY ABOUT 40 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE NUMBER OF SUFFERERS ARE GREATER THAN THE POPULATION OF THE U.S.. MIGRAINES ARE DEBILITATING. SO IT IS A VERY WIDESPREAD ISSUE. &gt;&gt; THAT'S ASTONISHING SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT GREEN LIGHT THAT HELPS OR WHAT MAKES LIGHT WORSE? &gt;&gt; ANYONE WITH A MIGRAINE KNOWS THAT LIGHT WILL MAKE IT WORSE. AND, THE RESEARCHERS REALLY STARTED HONING IN ON WHY LIGHT MAKES HEADACHES WORSE. ESSENTIALLY, IT PROVIDES BIGGER BRAIN WAVES TO PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN ROAD ARE OVERREACTIVE. IT CAUSES YOU TO HAVE A BIGGER HEADACHE. &gt;&gt; ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE A GREEN LIGHT SO TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK FOCUSING ON GREEN LIGHTS AND HOW IT IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COLORS AND IT HELPS CALM THE BRAIN. &gt;&gt; YES. SO SOME HARVARD RESEARCHERS WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE LIGHT WAS SO BAD FOR PEOPLE WITH MIGRANTS OF THE TOOK LIED MIGRAINE PATIENTS AND PUT THEM IN FRONT OF LIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T TELL THAT THE LIGHT WAS SHOWN ON THEM, THEIR HEADACHES GOT WORSE. AND THEY STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLORS ON THEM AND THEY COULDN'T TELL DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTS WERE BEING SHOWN. BUT WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT ONE LIGHT, ONE COLOR IN PARTICULAR, A BIG NARROW BAND OF GREENLIGHT ACTUALLY HELPED MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER. MADE THEM FEEL NOT ONLY MORE, BUT BY DOWN THERE PAY LEVELS. AND MAY THE FEEL BETTER DURING A MIGRAINE. &gt;&gt; THAT IS INTERESTING. SO CAN YOU GO BY A GREEN LIGHT?&gt;&gt; YES, SO YOU CAN'T JUST BUY IT, THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC SPECTRUM THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. SO WE HELPED DEVELOP THIS AND WE TOOK THE PROTOTYPE THAT WAS USED IN THOSE HARVARD STUDIES WHICH COST $50,000 AND PUT THEM INTO $150 DEVICE FOR THIS LAMP. &gt;&gt; THIS COULD CERTAINLY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THOSE WITH MIGRAINES. WE HEAR ABOUT BLUE LIGHT FROM THE SCREENS AND WHAT IS REALLY POPULAR DURING THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE WEARING THE BLUE LIKE CLASSIC THEY ARE STARING AT THE SCREEN. DO THOSE REALLY WORK AND HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THEY?&gt;&gt; THEY DO REALLY WORK. ONE OF THE BIG FINDINGS FROM THE STUDIES IS THAT LIGHT NOT ONLY HELPS US, CONTRIBUTES TO HER VISION BUT CONTROLS DIFFERENT THINGS IN YOUR BODY. SO YOUR BODY IS EXPOSED TO BLUE LIGHT, IT ACTUALLY INHIBITS THE PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN WHICH PREVENTS YOU FROM GOING TO BED SO THERE IS CONNECTIONS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF COLORS OF LIGHT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE BRAIN'S. AND SO LITTLE BLUE LIGHT BLOCKING GLASSES CAN HAVE A HUGE EFFECT IN HELPING YOU GO TO BED, BETTER AND GET BETTER SLEEP.&gt;&gt; AJAY KORI, I ENJOYED THE TALK AND IT IS HUGE NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH MIGRAINES. WE APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE RESEARCH AND HAVING A DURHAM CONNECTION.</p>

Researchers study how 'green light' can alleviate pain from migraines 

Duke researchers study how 'green light' can alleviate pain from migraines 

Dr. Carol Colton, a leader of cutting edge research in the Neurology Department of Duke University Medical Center, helps answer questions about new directions in research on Alzheimer's Disease.

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Duke Clinical Research Institute in downtown Durham.Photo taken August 17, 2018.  