real doctors, real people - Charles van der Horst and David Wohl
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein. Infectious Diseases doctors van der Horst and Wohl discuss life balance while riding early one morning...
View ArticleStudy identifies factors related to violence in veterans
Veterans with protective factors in place such as employment, living stability and social support were 92 percent less likely to report severe violence than veterans without these factors.
View ArticleUNC is first in U.S. to use new device to treat complex abdominal aortic...
On Monday, June 18, 2012, the UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care’s Aortic Disease Management team became the first in the U.S. to successfully treat a complex abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with...
View ArticleRN: Real Nurses - Barbara Riff
Parking difficulties inspired Barbara Riff to take motorcycle lessons with her son. Now she commutes to work via motorcycle and frequently takes motorcycle trips for fun.
View ArticleCarey helps mark New England Journal of Medicine’s 200th anniversary
Presents invited lecture at Harvard Medical School
View ArticleCombination therapy for triple-negative breast cancer disappointing
Clinical trial shows response in fewer than 20 percent of patients.
View ArticleVote for UNC Health Care in the Social Madness Challenge!
The Social Madness Challenge is a national contest in which companies will be ranked based on a scoring algorithm that measures social influence.
View ArticleRosanne Griffith: In Search of the New Normal
A Gastonia woman seeks a new normal as she undergoes treatment for an uncommon and chronic neuromuscular disorder that left the accomplished crafter without interest in or passion for her life-long...
View ArticleOberlander to host live Facebook chat on health care law decision
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander, a professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy & Management at UNC, will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleBreast milk kills HIV and blocks its oral transmission in humanized mouse
New research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine demonstrates that breast milk in a humanized mouse model has a strong virus killing effect and protects against oral transmission...
View ArticleUNC Health Care and Rex Healthcare Given Top Grades for Patient Safety in...
Two Hospitals Receive the Only “A” Grades in the Triangle.
View ArticleUNC’s expertise in rare disease leads to patient-family education weekend
UNC physicians and scientists are teaming with the PCD Foundation this weekend to present a weekend-long family education program taking place this Friday through Sunday (June 29-July 1).
View ArticleBaby wash products linked to false positive screening results for marijuana...
Sleuthing by a multidisciplinary team at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals revealed the culprit behind an unexpected spike in “false positive” cannabis exposure...
View ArticleAcute severe pain is common in sexual assault survivors in the early...
UNC researchers urge changes to practice guidelines for nurses and others who provide care to sexual assault survivors.
View ArticleAHEC helps rural physicians embrace trend of using electronic health records
The initiative is part of a national effort by President Barack Obama’s administration to rapidly increase the use of electronic health records in monitoring and tracking improvements in patient care.
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