Healing and Helping - Jodie Skoff
As a UNC Health Care Employee Ambassador, Jodie was able to earn a $250 donation for Independent Animal Rescue in recognition of her volunteer efforts.
View ArticleUNC investigator issues call to action for schizophrenia research
Instead of looking for a single cause of schizophrenia, researchers should approach it as a “pathway disease” – one that results from dozens or even hundreds of factors, argues Patrick F. Sullivan, MD.
View ArticleReal-time fluorescent imaging guides kidney cancer surgery
First cases in Triangle done at UNC
View ArticleResearchers warn of untreatable gonorrhea in the United States
"This is a serious problem," said P. Frederick Sparling, a professor of medicine at UNC who co-authored the perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine.
View ArticleRN: Real Nurses - Jeanne Gartner
Pediatric oncology nurse Jeanne Gartner has her head in the clouds. Jeanne not only is a nurse, she’s an FAA-certified hot air balloon pilot.
View ArticleRecession and high co-pays tied to fewer colonoscopy screenings among people...
UNC researchers found that during the recent U.S. recession, continuously insured Americans underwent fewer screening colonoscopies.
View ArticleDavid Alston: Snatching the Silver Lining from the Cloud of a Cancer Recurrence
A 42-year-old Carrboro resident prepares for UNC Hospitals’ first triple-tandem stem cell transplant in an adult for the treatment of a testicular cancer recurrence, growing in wisdom and insight along...
View ArticleBrain imaging differences evident at 6 months in infants who develop autism
This study led by UNC researchers suggests that autism does not appear suddenly in young children, but instead develops over time during infancy.
View ArticleUNC to open Comprehensive Angelman Syndrome Clinic
The new clinic, first of its kind in the nation, is one of only a few nationwide dedicated to Angelman Syndrome.
View ArticleROCK off: Study establishes molecular link between genetic defect and heart...
The study also shows that treatment with a drug that regulates cell shape rescues the cardiac defect, pointing to therapeutic avenues that could one day benefit Noonan syndrome patients.
View Articlereal doctors, real people - Sara Wobker
If you saw pathology resident Sara Wobker in the halls of UNC Hospitals, you might not realize that she loves riding horses. To be more specific, Wobker performs a form of horse training called dressage.
View ArticleTwo UNC faculty co-author Institute of Medicine report on chronic illness
The IOM’s report authorship committee of health professionals and internationally recognized experts included UNC professors Leigh Callahan, PhD and Russell Harris MD, MPH.
View ArticleFormer Howard Hughes Medical Institute president to speak at Oliver Smithies...
Dr. Thomas Cech will deliver the 2nd annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium lecture on Wednesday, March 14.
View ArticleNorth Carolina-based genetic resources fuel big scientific progress
A series of 15 scientific papers published this week in the journals of the Genetics Society of America (Genetics and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics) put North Carolina at the epicenter of a scientific...
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