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Wearable Devices Can Increase Health Anxiety. Could They Adversely Affect Health?

A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association, led by Lindsay Rosman, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, is the first to show that wearable devices, such as smart watches, can significantly amplify anxiety and increase healthcare use...
24-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Neuroscientists Discover Brain Circuits Involved in Placebo Effect for Pain Relief

Publishing in Nature, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers and colleagues discovered a pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in...
23-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers Link Migraine Pain to Lack of Lymphatic System Drainage in Brain

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have connected the dots between a small protein, the brain’s lymphatic system, and migraine pain.
11-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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UNC Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have identified a small molecule that could lead to a safe and effective treatment for the neurodevelopmental condition known as Angelman syndrome.
4-Jul-2024 5:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Disinterest in Pediatric Care? Jordan and Rao Pen Perspective Piece on Pediatric Workforce Decline

This year’s match results show that only 91.8% of pediatric residency slots were successfully filled by programs compared to a higher percentage in years past. This ongoing outcome has many physicians in the field worried about the declining...
5-Jul-2024 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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First Patient Receives ACES™ Automatic Continuous Effusion Shunt System at UNC School of Medicine for Pleural Effusion

In collaboration with the company Pleural Dynamics, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are the first to use a fully implantable automatic effusion shunt with no external catheters or expensive drainage canisters to provide an innovative new...
2-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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UNC Health Researchers Present Preliminary Data on Weight Loss Drugs on Alcohol Addiction

Christian Hendershot, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Clinical and Translational Addiction Research Program at the UNC School of Medicine, presented early findings from the first completed randomized controlled trial of...
27-Jun-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Inaugural “North Carolina Men’s Health Report Card” Provides a Snapshot of the Most Pressing Issues Affecting Men Throughout the State

June is National Men’s Health Month: The report serves as a call to action for local and state organizations as well as the public, to seek important changes that can have far-reaching, positive impacts on the health of North Carolinians.
27-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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UNC Lineberger Experts Available at AACR Annual Meeting 2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center experts are available to provide expert commentary and feedback on research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018.
13-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT

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UNC Expert Publishes Commentary About Recent Change in Donor Lung Allocation Policy

Dr. Thomas Egan of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine says that a recent change in donor lung allocation policy was long overdue. However, because the change happened over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in response to litigation,...
16-Jan-2018 10:05 AM EST

UNC Health Care, UNC School of Medicine Launch Zika Research Experts’ Page

UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine have launched a tool for media to request interviews with experts and researchers at the forefront of the global Zika research initiative.
12-Jul-2016 9:05 AM EDT

Experts Available to Discuss NEJM Editorial on Use of PARP Inhibitors in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

In the editorial, the UNC researchers explain the excitement about this new class of drugs and the importance of this trial. They also highlight the reasons that caution as well as enthusiasm is warranted.
3-Jan-2011 2:50 PM EST

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UNC Expert Available to Discuss JAMA Study on Over-the-Counter Dosing of Children

Dr. Darren DeWalt, author of a JAMA editorial being released early online this week, is available for media interviews.
29-Nov-2010 11:45 AM EST

Expert Available to Discuss Latest AIDS Vaccine Trial

UNC expert available to discuss latest development in search for AIDS vaccine.
24-Sep-2009 12:40 PM EDT

It Takes Two (Or More)

UNC brain surgeon Anand Germanwala, M.D. and ENT surgeon Adam Zanation, M.D., collaborated to develop through-the-nose approach to repair a patient's ruptured brain aneurysm.
26-Aug-2009 9:00 AM EDT

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