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
Program trains physicians in prescribing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to save lives.
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
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.
Research with the People
Giselle Corbie-Smith combines the knowledge of a physician, inquisitiveness of a scientist, and outlook of an activist to ensure that research touches the lives of North Carolinians.
Half of prostate cancer patients in North Carolina do not receive m...
The results are the first findings from the North Carolina Prostate Cancer Comparative Effectiveness & Survivorship Study.