Creating Community While Preparing for Baby
The CenteringPregnancy program brings parents-to-be together for prenatal care.
Patient Stories, Pregnancy and Maternal Health
Category: Patient Stories
Correcting Spina Bifida with Surgery During Pregnancy
The treatment of spina bifida can begin while baby is still developing inside mom.
Patient Stories, Pregnancy and Maternal Health
Young Oral Cancer Survivor Shares Her Story
Regular visits to the dentist can help with early detection of oral cancer.
Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Head and Neck Cancer, Patient Stories
A Mother’s Quest to Help Her Son Hear
Clinical Trials, Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Health, Hearing, Patient Stories, UNC Children's
Challenges and Hope for Girls and Women with Turner Syndrome
Patient Stories, Women's Health
Growing Up with a Rare Disease
Avery Dixon is like any 10-year-old—except she’s living with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and its complications.
Patient Stories
Spinal Surgery Won’t Keep Her Grounded
70-year-old Beth Welch hurt her back in 2015 in a skydiving accident; now, she’s back to her favorite hobby.
Patient Stories
Boy with Kidney Failure Thrives After Landmark Transplant
At age 3, Bradelyn Douglas received a liver and kidney transplant. Today, he’s a healthy 8-year-old.
Patient Stories, Transplants
Teenage Heart Patient Aspires to Help Others
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children's Health, Heart Failure, Patient Stories, Pediatric Medicine
From High-Risk Preemie to Boisterous Boy
David Cumbie was a premature baby who couldn’t breathe or make noises on his own. Now, he’s a thriving first-grader who is talking—a lot!
Children's Health, Patient Care, Patient Stories, Pediatric Medicine
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 and Vascular Health, North Carolina, Patient 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, Patient Stories, Substance Abuse