Helping a Child with a Chronic Illness Grow Up
What parents need to know to ease the transition to adulthood.
Category: Chronic Illness
Why Your Physical Health Might Be Hurting Your Mental Health
Chronic illness can lead to depression; awareness of the connection is key to feeling better.
What’s the Difference Between Hepatitis A, B and C?
Understand the types of this liver disease and how to protect yourself
Chronic Illness, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Liver Health
Jeff Mazza: A New Kidney, A New Life
A former Chapel Hill dentist now retired in Carteret County gets a second chance at life thanks to the donation of a kidney from his adult son.
Fearing pain and avoiding activities contribute to disability and c...
New research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine suggests that fear avoidance contributes to disability and pain in children with Functional Abdominal Pain (FAP) but not Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Persistent pain after stressful events may have a neurobiological b...
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers is the first to identify a genetic risk factor for persistent pain after traumatic events such as motor vehicle collision and sexual assault.
Milk thistle, taken by many people for liver disease, ineffective a...
Silymarin or “milk thistle,” a popular herbal dietary supplement that many people take for liver ailments, works no better than placebo in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Chronic Illness, Clinical Trials, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Nutrition, Treatment, Wellness
Rosanne Griffith: In Search of the New Normal
A Gastonia woman seeks a new normal as she undergoes treatment for an uncommon and chronic neuromuscular disorder that left the accomplished crafter without interest in or passion for her life-long hobbies.
Coping with a Chronic Illness
Post by Sarah Bouchard - Waking up groggy from my very first colonoscopy in November 2000, all I could think about was eating some real food. A few minutes later, my doctor informed my mother and I of the news ...
Diets high in fiber won’t protect against diverticulosis
For more than 40 years, scientists and physicians have thought eating a high-fiber diet lowered a person’s risk of diverticulosis, a disease of the large intestine in which pouches develop in the colon wall.
UNC study could lead to a treatment for Angelman syndrome
An interdisciplinary team of UNC scientists say they have found a way to “awaken” the paternal allele of Ube3a, which could lead to a potential treatment strategy for AS. Their results were published online by the journal Nature.
Chuck and Brittany Pope: Drawn Closer Through Serious Illness
A young couple from Pitt County weathers a bad disease, an unexpected relapse and toxic treatments over a journey that has brought them closer after it earlier drove them apart.