3 Ways to Help Prevent Child Abuse
Every adult can play a role in keeping kids safe.
Children's Health, Families, Social Justice
Category: Social Justice
Poor oral health and food scarcity major contributors to malnutriti...
UNC School of Medicine researchers led a study to determine risk factors associated with malnutrition among older adults receiving care in the emergency department.
Social Justice, Wellness
Minority Men in Medicine Group Builds Legacy of Mentorship
The group’s current members help mentor elementary school students in Durham, while also benefiting from the guidance of the program’s graduate physicians. The group is led by first-year medical students Andrew Alexander and Roman Blount, IV.
Education, Social Justice
Older women, especially blacks, receive targeted breast cancer trea...
The advent of targeted drugs for a specific type of breast cancer – HER2 positive – has dramatically improved survival rates for women with the disease. But a study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center reveals low rates of use o
Breast Cancer, Social Justice, Treatment, Women's Health
Study uncovers genetic differences for kidney cancer that may contr...
A UNC Lineberger-led study has identified genetic differences in tumors of African-Americans with the most common type of kidney cancer compared with whites. The researchers say the findings could help explain lower survival rates for African-Americans with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Cancer, Genetics, Social Justice
Out-of-pocket costs play major role in treatment adherence for canc...
The cost of insurance co-payments for cutting-edge pharmaceuticals can vary widely from patient to patient. When the patient’s share of prescription costs becomes too high, many patients skip doses or stop taking medication entirely, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina.
Cancer, Social Justice
More African Americans burdened by osteoarthritis in multiple large...
African Americans were also more likely to have knee osteoarthritis, but less likely to be affected by hand osteoarthritis than Caucasians, according to new findings from UNC's long-running Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.
Arthritis, Chronic Illness, Pain Management, Social Justice