Category: UNC Stories

Baby’s Hydrocephalus Relieved by Specialized Surgery

A procedure that began in Africa is now helping children in North Carolina.

A Mother’s Quest to Help Her Son Hear 

Challenges and Hope for Girls and Women with Turner Syndrome

This chromosomal condition causes short stature and a lack of ovarian development.

Treatment Brings Hope to Children Facing Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a...

Neurologists can treat spinal muscular atrophy with a new and powerful drug.

UNC Doctors Come Together to Treat Infant with Rare Heart Condition

Georgia Mae Braddy is, without doubt, a fighter.  At four months old, she has already undergone three major surgeries, one of which took place while she was still in utero.

AED Saves Teenager’s Life After Cardiac Arrest

An unexpected collapse highlights the importance of automated external defibrillators in public places.

Kenan Scholars Story: Henderson

UNC Health Care is committed to expanding the number of primary care physicians who serve in rural and underserved areas in North Carolina. To that end, the Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars Program gives medical students an opportunity to complete a six-week summer internship at a rural health care clinic. Each student works with a…

Kenan Scholars Story: Surf City

Six-week internship gives medical students a chance to learn and serve in rural, underserved areas.

A Long Journey for a Child with Rare Pediatric Cancer

For Sebastian and his family, no distance was too great to find treatment.

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.