Puppies: The Power of Cute for Mental Health
The UNC PAWS program of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health trains puppies for 10 weeks and then matches each puppy with a veteran suffering from PTSD.
Mental Health
Tag: Video
Cancer Survivor Becomes Ambassador for Hope
The latest installment in our Real Medicine video series features one of our Patient Ambassadors for North Carolina Children's Hospital.
Cancer, Patient Stories
Sherman’s Boys: How Grown Men Honor the Youth League Coach Who Impa...
A Chatham County native who coached thousands of Chapel Hill youngsters is honored by former players who, as adults, routinely cook dinner at the hospital hospitality house where he is the beloved night manager.
Community, Patient Stories
Roy Williams’ game day security blanket
In his day job, Darrick Woods is a nurse manager on the emergency services transitions unit at UNC Hospitals. But since 1993, Darrick's off-hours have led him to the Dean Dome, where he serves on the security detail for Carolina men's basketball.
Patient Stories
War vet receives his hearing back
Dr. Oliver Adunka, an ENT surgeon at UNC Health Care, was able to get Dac Carpenter into a clinical trial that installed a sound bridge in one ear. That allows Dac to hear just like he did before he was injured.
Clinical Trials, Devices, Hearing, Patient Stories
The Man Whose Happiness is Contagious
If you happen to walk through Rex Hospital in Raleigh and pass Eugene Taylor, you’ll know it.
Patient Stories
Paula and TJ Brown: When Cooking Dinner is About More than the Food
As a nurse at UNC Hospitals, Paula Brown, RN, knows firsthand the difference family presence makes in a patient’s healing.
Nutrition, Patient Stories, Wellness
RN: Real Nurses – Donovan Hazard
Donovan Hazard, an RN in the Newborn Critical Care Center at N.C. Children's Hospital, is also a bow hunter.
Physician Stories
real doctors, real people – Terrence Holt
Dr. Terrence Holt, a UNC physician, is also a critically acclaimed author of fiction.
Physician Stories
Hearing Grayson’s story around the world
Much of the world was fascinated late last week with the story and video footage of Grayson Clamp hearing for the first time. Grayson is a 3-year-old patient from Charlotte who is the first at UNC Hospitals, and among the first in the U.S., to receive an auditory brain stem implant as part of an FDA-approved trial. Watch and read just a few pieces of the coverage of Grayson's incredible story.
Patient Stories
Sherman Riggsbee: Boosting Spirits Every Day
A Chatham County native who has weathered more than his share of life’s disappointments is a constant role model of compassion and encouragement for many, but none more so than the guests and fellow staff members at SECU Family House where he is resident manager.
Physician Stories
Rosanne Griffith: In Search of the New Normal
A Gastonia woman seeks a new normal as she undergoes treatment for an uncommon and chronic neuromuscular disorder that left the accomplished crafter without interest in or passion for her life-long hobbies.
Chronic Illness, Patient Stories, Treatment