A Venomous Snake Just Bit You! Now What?
Copperheads are common in North Carolina. Here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you can’t.
Category: North Carolina
Using Technology to Conveniently Connect Patients and Providers
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.
How to Stay Safe in Blazing Heat
The very high temperatures we’re having this week can be dangerous, but heat-related illness is preventable.
Equipping Rural Providers to Fight North Carolina’s Opioid Epidemic
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) can save lives, but it requires training.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Epidemiology, North Carolina
Minimizing Heart Disease Risk in North Carolina
A UNC research initiative is helping providers improve the heart health of their patients and communities.
Community, Epidemiology, Heart Health, North Carolina, UNC Stories
Learning to Live as a Young Mother, After Drugs
A unique residential treatment program gave Katelin Hunter a chance to overcome loss, incarceration and substance abuse.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
A Young Mother’s Journey to Recovery
Mothers struggling with drug addiction and their children find help through the UNC Horizons Program.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
12 Reasons Why Umstead Park is Ummm… AWESOME!
In case you haven’t fully delved into the labyrinthine paradise that is William B. Umstead Park, here’s what you’re missing: extensive trails, pristine lakes for fishing and canoeing, campgrounds, picnic shelters, dappled sunlight through trees, breezes over lakes, little turtle and snake friends to say hello to, dog romps in the streams, majestic foliage, and…
Mental and Behavioral Health in Wake County
May is National Mental Awareness Month and UNC Health Care and UNC REX Healthcare continue to lead the way with mental and behavioral health initiatives in Wake County.
Information for the People
Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi, the 2014 James Woods Junior Faculty Award winner, sees a future where technology and data analytics will drastically improve health care outcomes for patients everywhere. And at UNC, we’re getting a glimpse at the future right now.
5 Ways UNC Informatics will Improve Health Care for North Carolinians
Health informatics is changing the way North Carolinians receive their care. Sam Cykert, professor of medicine and director of the UNC School of Medicine Program on Health and Clinical Informatics, and Tim Carey, professor of medicine and director of the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC, share ways UNC informatics systems will improve health care for North Carolinians.
A Grand Opening
With the dedication of Marsico Hall, UNC ushered in a new era of medical research, collaboration, and promise for the people of North Carolina and beyond.