What’s Treated at Urgent Care and What’s Not?
Physician’s log shows what conditions are treated at urgent care, and which patients have to be sent to the hospital.
Urgent Care
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Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...
Why are black women's and white women's breast cancer outcomes so different? UNC researchers set out to find out.
Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Research, Social Justice
Thanks to a UNC research project, she can walk again
As UNC geneticist Jonathan Berg gears up to lead a $9.7-million renewal of the NCGENES project, we look at a story from the original study and how it changed the fortunes of a woman from Goldsboro, NC.
Gene Therapy, Genetics, Genome, News, Patient Stories, Research
UNC researchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment ...
A phase 2, double-blind study of the investigational medication, brexanolone, in the treatment of women with severe PPD published in The Lancet. Clinical trials are currently underway at UNC.
Brain Health, Depression, Families, Mental Health, Pregnancy and Maternal Health, Research, Studies, Treatment, Wellness, Women's Health
Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnose...
In two previous studies, University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict autism at age two.
Autism, Brain Health, Children's Health, Mental Health, News, Publications, Research, Studies
Ten-year study shows steady increase in type 1, 2 diabetes in U.S. ...
The study found there was an average of 1.8 percent increase each year of youth with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes and an average of 4.8 percent per year increase of newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes cases among the same population.
Diabetes, Research
Preterm births more common in mothers who are cancer survivors
UNC Lineberger's Hazel Nichols, PhD, Chelsea Anderson, MPH, and their colleagues report that women diagnosed and treated for cancer during their childbearing years more commonly gave birth prematurely, and to babies whose weights were below normal. Cancer survivors also had a slightly higher rate of cesarean section deliveries.
Cancer, Pregnancy and Maternal Health, Research
Researchers use MRIs to predict which high-risk babies will develop...
This first-of-its-kind study used MRIs to image the brains of infants, and then researchers used brain measurements and a computer algorithm to accurately predict autism before symptoms set in.
Autism, Research, Technology
Are prebiotics the answer for lactose intolerance?
New research led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State University demonstrates the effectiveness of using prebiotics to change the composition of the gut microbiome of those suffering from lactose intolerance.
Digestive Health, Research
Study raises concerns about timely follow-up to positive mammogram ...
In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers report that uninsured women under age 65 who received their mammogram at community screening clinics in North Carolina were less likely to get follow-up within a year of a positive mammogram, and had higher odds of missing a 60-day window for follow-up care.
Breast Cancer, Research, Social Justice, Treatment
Researchers find two distinct genetic subtypes in Crohn’s disease p...
The UNC School of Medicine discovery could lead to more effective, personalized treatments for the debilitating gastrointestinal condition.
Genetics, Research
Racial gaps persist in how breast cancer survivors function, feel d...
A UNC Lineberger study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment drew upon surveys that assessed health-related quality of life issues for women aged 20 to 74 years who lived in North Carolina and had breast cancer. The analysis was part of the third phase of the Carolina Breast Cancer Study.
Breast Cancer, Research, Treatment