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Sitting at a red light, you notice a large plume of vapor exuding from the car next to you. A slight creme brûlée smell hits your nose. That’s when you notice that the person puffing this sweet-smelling vapor appears to be a teenager. This episode of UNC Health Talk explores vaping through the lenses…
Addiction, Adolescent Health, Health, Lung Disease, Tobacco
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning parents against added ingredients that can harm children’s development. A UNC pediatrician weighs in.
Adolescent Health, Pediatric Medicine
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Here’s what you need to know about nonbacterial prostatitis.
Men's Health, Prostate, Urology
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What parents need to know about the health effects of video games.
Addiction, Adolescent Health, Teenagers
Read ArticleAt UNC Health Care, we’re constantly finding ways to use our leading global research to help patients just like you.
Think your brain and belly don’t talk to each other? Think again.
Digestive Health, Gastroenterology, Research
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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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Opioid crisis no more? It may be possible one day thanks to new research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Addiction, Innovation, Pain, Pharmacology, Physicians, Research
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Why are black women's and white women's breast cancer outcomes so different? UNC researchers set out to find out.
Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Research, Social Justice
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If you’re 45 and thought you had a few more years before needing to schedule a colonoscopy, think again.
Patients can take charge of their health with Apple Health Records feature.
UNC Health Care is committed to reaching patients at a time and place that works for them, and they’re using technology to do it.
North Carolina, Urgent Care, Virtual Care
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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.
Community matters. Read the stories of hope, healing and health from patients and physicians who make UNC Health Care special.
UNC Health Care is committed to expanding the number of primary care physicians who serve in rural and underserved areas in North Carolina. To that end, the Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars Program gives medical students an opportunity to complete a six-week summer internship at a rural health care clinic. Each student works with a…
Community, Education, UNC Stories
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Six-week internship gives medical students a chance to learn and serve in rural, underserved areas.
Community, Education, Physician Stories, UNC Stories
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For Sebastian and his family, no distance was too great to find treatment.
Cancer, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
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Avery Dixon is like any 10-year-old—except she’s living with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and its complications.
