Your Relationship with Food Begins with Your Family
The first lessons we learn about eating come from our caregivers and can shape how we view food as we get older.
Children's Health, Nutrition
Wellness
At UNC Health, we’re dedicated to helping people lead healthier lives. Check out these resources on a variety of topics ranging from heart health and cancer prevention to exercise tips, heart-healthy recipes and more.
3 Ways To Make New Habits Stick
Understanding the psychology of motivation can help you successfully adopt new habits.
Wellness
6 Steps to Become a Better Listener
This sometimes-difficult skill can be learned.
Mental Health
3 Things Parents Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccines and Children
Kids won’t be able to receive the vaccines for several more months.
Coronavirus, Vaccines
If You Struggle with Emotional Eating, Read This
The way you feel mentally can affect your relationship with food.
Mental Health, Nutrition
4 Things We Have Learned from the Published COVID-19 Vaccine Trial ...
Understanding what the results from COVID vaccine trials mean for the pandemic.
Coronavirus, Vaccines
How to Help Your Child Prepare for Surgery
Parents can help relieve anxiety with these tips.
Pediatric Medicine, Surgery
4 Ways to Protect Your Heart This Winter
As the temperatures drop, the rates of heart disease rise. “Heart disease can occur any time of the year, but there is some seasonality to it, and it does increase in the winter months,” says UNC cardiologist Christopher Kelly, MD. Cardiologists don’t know for sure why the winter months are riskier for hearts, but it…
Heart and Vascular Health
A Healing Presence in the Hospital
Chaplains help people—religious and not—process crisis and grief.
Spiritual Care
6 Things an Orthopedic Surgeon Wants You to Stop Doing
These habits are no-nos if you want to avoid pain and injury.
Injury Prevention
Want to Begin Running? Try These 4 Tips
Cooler weather and COVID-19 make outdoor jogging a great exercise option.
Fitness and Mobility
4 Ways Cancer Survivors Can Cope with Anxiety About COVID-19
The pandemic can be especially scary when you’ve already survived a health crisis.
Cancer, Coronavirus