The Role of Clinical Trials in Cancer Treatment
Your participation might improve treatment for you and future generations.
Cancer, Treatment
Category: Treatment
Starting the conversation to improve diabetes care
In North Carolina, 1 in 10 people have diabetes. That includes a large number of patients at the Open Door Clinic, a free, student-run clinic in Burlington staffed by volunteers from Elon University, Alamance Community College, and the UNC School of Medicine.
Diabetes, Treatment, Wellness
Online group therapy may be effective treatment for bulimia nervosa
Study led by UNC researchers compared group therapy delivered via online chat to face-to-face group therapy
Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Treatment
New type-2 diabetes therapy proves better than traditional insulin ...
UNC-led global phase-3 clinical trial sets the stage for improved management of a disease that affects nearly 30 million Americans.
Diabetes, Research, Treatment
New gene therapy treatment proves effective for rare blood disorder
Researchers at the University of North Carolina and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia treated factor VII deficient dogs with normal copies of genes; three years later the dogs remain healthy with no side effects.
Genetics, Hematology, Treatment
Popular electric brain stimulation method detrimental to IQ scores
In a double-blinded, randomized study, UNC researchers found that the IQ scores of people who underwent tDCS brain stimulation improved markedly less than did the IQ scores of people in the placebo group.
Neurology, Research, Treatment
Scientists use brain stimulation to boost creativity, set stage to ...
Using a weak electric current to alter a specific brain activity pattern, UNC School of Medicine researchers increased creativity in healthy adults. Now they’re testing the same experimental protocol to alleviate symptoms in people with depression.
Mental Health, Neurology, Research, Treatment
UNC Hospitals team first in North Carolina to perform new procedure...
In February, UNC neurologist Hae Won Shin, MD, and neurosurgeon Eldad Hadar, MD, were the first in the state to implant the NeuroPace RNS System following the medical device’s recent FDA approval. In clinical trials, the NeuroPace system greatly reduced the number of seizures experienced by patients with severe epilepsy.
Innovation, Neurology, Technology, Treatment
New gene therapy for hemophilia shows potential as safe treatment
Research showed that bleeding events were drastically decreased in animals with hemophilia B. Using a viral vector to swap out faulty genes proved safe and could be used for the more common hemophilia A.
Genetics, Treatment
MRIs link impaired brain activity to inability to regulate emotions...
UNC researchers find that the bigger the differences in brain activity related to emotion regulation, the more severe the autism. Gabriel Dichter, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology was the paper's senior author.
Autism, Neurology, Treatment
Milk thistle, taken by many people for liver disease, ineffective a...
Silymarin or “milk thistle,” a popular herbal dietary supplement that many people take for liver ailments, works no better than placebo in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
Chronic Illness, Clinical Trials, Hepatitis C, Hepatology, Nutrition, Treatment, Wellness