Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Outcomes Are About More Than Bi...
Black women and white women have different breast cancer outcomes -- and it's not all about biology. UNC researchers want the answers.
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How Mohs Surgery Is Changing the Way Skin Cancer Is Treated
This specialized technique can be performed in a doctor’s office rather than an operating room
Red Meat Making Your Patient Sick? This Could Be Why
Allergies, Epidemiology, Food Allergies, Immunology, Physicians
Aggressive breast cancers may contribute to racial survival dispari...
UNC Lineberger researchers led by Melissa Troester, PhD, published results of an analysis of approximately 1,000 invasive breast tumors. The study confirmed that young black women are more likely to have "triple negative," or "basal-like," breast cancer.
Breast Cancer, Cancer, News, Social Justice, Studies, Women's Health
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, 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.
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Another reason to exercise: burning bone fat – a key to better bone...
UNC School of Medicine researchers use new imaging methods to show that running burns fat in bone marrow, with benefits for bone health. The best effect was seen in obese mice. Maya Styner, MD, was the study's lead author.
For anorexia nervosa, researchers implicate genetic locus on chromo...
UNC researchers led the most powerful genomic study of anorexia nervosa conducted to date to identify the common roots anorexia shares with psychiatric and metabolic traits. Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED, was the study's lead investigator.
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.
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.