Why a Break from Booze Benefits Women’s Health
Taking a timeout from alcohol is good for both sexes but may be especially helpful for women.
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Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Available at Pharmacies
Administering the drug naloxone can prevent death from opioids.
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.
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A Young Mother’s Journey to Recovery
Mothers struggling with drug addiction and their children find help through the UNC Horizons Program.
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Should You Take a “Dry January”?
Quitting drinking cold turkey for a month can result in some immediate health benefits, but it’s not a safe step for heavy drinkers.
UNC’s Bowles Alcohol Research Center Can Keep Doing Good Work
The NIH renewed funding for UNC's Bowles Alcohol Research Center for another five years.
Study confirms link between alcohol consumption, breast cancer risk...
In findings published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers confirmed the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in a study in black women. The association has been seen in other studies drawn from majority white populations.
UNC wins competitive NIH grant to study how nicotine affects lungs
UNC Marsico Lung Institute researchers Rob Tarran, PhD, and Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, will lead a $2.3-million, five-year project, which will include the study of electronic cigarettes.
Broad support exists for larger warnings on cigarette packs
A study led by UNC Lineberger researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Sarah Kowitt, MPH, found broad support, even among smokers, for increasing the size of health warnings on cigarette packs.
UNC researchers link orphan receptor to opioid-induced itching
With a more accurate understanding of the characteristics and function of the receptor MRGRPX2, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers were also able to create chemical probe that will allow them study the receptor more precisely.
This is LSD attached to a brain cell serotonin receptor
For the first time, UNC School of Medicine researchers crystalized the structure of LSD attached to a human serotonin receptor of a brain cell, and they may have discovered why an “acid trip” lasts so long.
Cigar warning labels are not equally believable among adolescents
Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it ‘very believable’ that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first-of-its-kind UNC School of Medicine study.