Five Numbers You Need to Know to Stay Healthy
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How to Stay Safe in Blazing Heat
The very high temperatures we’re having this week can be dangerous, but heat-related illness is preventable.
Health, Medical Tips, North Carolina
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The No-Scalpel Vasectomy: Podcast Episode 3
Matt Coward, MD, urologist and assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine doesn’t use a scalpel–or any needles–when he performs vasectomies. For couples and individual men who don’t want kids (or any more kids), the no-needle, no-scalpel vasectomy is a popular option. But why? How effective is this seemingly simple procedure? How permanent is…
Fertility, Men's Health, Surgery
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The Connection Between Your Brain and Your Gut
Think your brain and belly don’t talk to each other? Think again.
Digestive Health, Gastroenterology, Research
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Depression Prevention In Menopause
For the first time, UNC School of Medicine Research shows that hormone replacement therapy in early menopause can prevent depression.
Depression, Health, Physicians, Publications, Research
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Building a Better Opioid
Building a better pain medication, one step at a time: scientists at UNC have made a discovery that may eliminate opioid side effects one day.
Addiction, Innovation, Pain, Pharmacology, Physicians, Research
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Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are Abou...
Black women and white women have different breast cancer outcomes -- and it's not all about biology. UNC researchers want the answers.
Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Research, Social Justice
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People Having a Stroke Now Have More Options for Trea...
Speedy action is still critical, but doctors’ tools have expanded, according to new treatment guidelines developed by a group of experts led by a UNC neurologist.
UNC Autism Research Earns High National Honors
Autism Speak, the NIH and Spectrum all singled out a team at the UNC School of Medicine for top honors in 2017.
UNC’s Bowles Alcohol Research Center Can Keep D...
UNC's Bowles Alcohol Research center is helping us understand alcohol's effects on the brain, with lots of help from the NIH.
Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, News, Research
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UNC Researchers to Lead $61 Million Asthma Treatment ...
UNC researchers are leading the way in trying to find more effective asthma treatments.
Asthma, Grants, Immunology, News, Research, Studies
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Spinal Surgery Won’t Keep Her Grounded
70-year-old Beth Welch hurt her back in 2015 in a skydiving accident; now, she’s back to her favorite hobby.
Surviving the Unthinkable Together
Single Fathers Due to Cancer support group provides friendship and resources at life’s toughest time.
Cancer, Caregivers, Families, UNC Stories
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Boy with Kidney Failure Thrives After Landmark Transp...
At age 3, Bradelyn Douglas received a liver and kidney transplant. Today, he’s a healthy 8-year-old.
A Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care
When you’re caring for someone who is seriously sick or injured, it’s important to care for yourself, too.