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Health & Wellness
Live the life you want. These health tips and resources can empower you to live a healthier, happier life.
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Navigating Pregnancy with a Mental Illness
Women with anxiety, depression and other psychological needs might require special care before and after childbirth.
Maternal Health, Mental Health, Pregnancy
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The Power of Mindfulness
This mental practice can improve the brain and body’s health.
Integrative Medicine, Mental Health
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Mental Health Benefits of Getting Outside
A simple walk or hike has more than just physical benefits.
Research
At UNC Health Care, we’re constantly finding ways to use our leading global research to help patients just like you.
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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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We’re changing the world by working to improve the lives of people like you. Read about what we’re up to and what it means for your life.
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American Cancer Society Updates Colon Cancer Screenin...
If you’re 45 and thought you had a few more years before needing to schedule a colonoscopy, think again.
Your Medical Records, on Your Phone
Patients can take charge of their health with Apple Health Records feature.
Using Technology to Conveniently Connect Patients and...
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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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.
Stories
Community matters. Read the stories of hope, healing and health from patients and physicians who make UNC Health Care special.
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AED Saves Teenager’s Life After Cardiac Arrest
An unexpected collapse highlights the importance of automated external defibrillators in public places.
Kenan Scholars Story: Henderson
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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Kenan Scholars Story: Surf City
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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A Long Journey for a Child with Rare Pediatric Cancer
For Sebastian and his family, no distance was too great to find treatment.
Cancer, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
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