Live the life you want. These health tips and resources can empower you to live a healthier, happier life.
You shouldn't have to think about money, but financial concerns are a reality of treatment. Here are some tips that might help.
Germs carried by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas are on the rise in the United States.
Do you ever experience a pain in your chest and ask yourself, “Am I having a heart attack?” In this—the very first episode of UNC Health Talk: The Podcast—we discuss chest pain that is NOT a heart attack with Deepak Pasi, MD, cardiologist at North Carolina Heart and Vascular, part of UNC REX Healthcare. We…
You know you’re supposed to wear it, but that’s just the beginning.
At 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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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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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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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.
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 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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Will a new five-year study that selects asthma patients based on biomarkers give us better treatments? Researchers think so.
Asthma, Grants, Immunology, News, Research, Studies
Read ArticleCommunity matters. Read the stories of hope, healing and health from patients and physicians who make UNC Health Care special.
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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When he was 3, Bradelyn Douglas was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening disorder. Today, he’s an active and healthy 8-year-old.
When you’re caring for someone who is seriously sick or injured, it’s important to care for yourself, too.
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children, Heart Failure, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
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