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 At UNC Hospitals, the Interpreter Services department has dumped both pagers and cell phones in favor of a device they find to be much more effective in meeting their needs: the Apple iPod touch.  Read more.   Posted Oct. 30, 2009

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UNC wins $8.6 million NIH award to establish a Center of Excellence to study underlying causes of psychiatric disorders
(Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009) The National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health has named the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a Center of Excellence in Genomic Science and awarded UNC $8.6 million over five years to fund a new Center for Integrated Systems Genetics, or CISGen. Read more

UNC expert: Better decision support tools needed for prostate cancer screening choice
(Monday, Sept. 28, 2009) Michael Pignone, M.D., M.P.H., reviews the pros and cons of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening in an editorial he wrote for the Sept. 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.  Read more

Family House Diaries: A Renewed Enthusiasm for Life
(Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009) Russell Ford received a heart transplant at UNC Hospitals in July 2009 after suffering from congestive heart failure for 10 years. This is his, and his family's, story.  Read more