What to Do When Stress Interferes with Daily Functioning
Extreme stress can trigger a nervous breakdown or even a psychotic episode.
Stress Management
Blog
Prepare for Sick Kids While Traveling
A UNC expert offers tips for planning ahead for illness on the road.
Children's Health, Health
What’s the difference between a yeast infection and bacterial vagin...
The two conditions have similar symptoms but require different treatments.
Infectious Diseases, Women's Health
Simple Steps to Reduce Your Flu Risk
Here’s how to avoid the spread of germs and protect others if you get sick.
Cold and Flu, Infectious Diseases
Managing the Holidays When You Struggle with Food
Having an eating disorder can make family time a challenge. Try these tips to show kindness to yourself and others.
Eating Disorders
Four Things to Know About Eczema
This itchy skin condition mostly affects children but happens to adults, too.
Children's Health, Skin Care, Skin Conditions
Avoiding Food Pressure This Holiday Season
Tips on how to politely decline food from loved ones.
Families, Nutrition
Is That Gunk in Your Eye Conjunctivitis?
Here are three things you need to know about pinkeye.
Eye Health
Winter-Proof Your Workout
Tips and tricks to stay fit when the temperatures dip.
Fitness and Mobility, Wellness
Can This Treatment Cure a Peanut Allergy?
A new type of immunotherapy could minimize serious allergic reactions.
Allergies, Children's Health, Immunotherapy, Pediatric Medicine
How to Talk to Your Teen About Unhealthy Behaviors
Around age 11, children experience a major growth of neurons, or brain cells, that shifts which parts of the brain dominate behavior and decision-making. At this time, the prefrontal cortex, which controls behavior and decision-making, is growing but not yet mature, while the limbic system, which controls fear and pleasure, is becoming the most active…
Adolescents, Children's Health
Post-Cancer Rehab: Easing Back into Daily Life After Cancer
Six common side effects of cancer treatment and what you can do about them.
Cancer, Health, Lymphatic System, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Services (OT and PT)