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UNC Health Care and Cape Fear Valley Health System discuss expanding affiliations

CHAPEL HILL - Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS) and the University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC Health Care) have had administrative discussions in recent days regarding expanding their clinical affiliations.

N.C. Memorial Hospital to mark 60th anniversary of World War II's end

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - N.C. Memorial Hospital, which was created in the wake of World War II and whose name is meant to honor North Carolinians who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces, will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in an Aug. 15 ceremony.

Study finds weight gain after age 50 is associated with increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer postmenopausal breast cancer

CHAPEL HILL - Weight gain of more than 24 pounds in women older than 50 years of age - regardless of baseline weight at age 50 - is associated with a 62 percent increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer compared with women with stable weight, a new study has found.

Revised classification system is effective for predicting breast cancer outcome in some patients, study finds

CHAPEL HILL - A revised and commonly used system for classifying the seriousness of cancer is effective for predicting relapse and survival in women with breast cancer who receive chemotherapy prior to surgery, according to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Briefs: Professor receives award of excellence for efforts in educating colleagues, others

Dr. Deitra Lowdermilk, a professor at UNC's School of Nursing, recently received the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses' Award of Excellence in Education.

Briefs: Drossman appointed to IOM study committee on Gulf War, health effects

Dr. Douglas A. Drossman, professor of medicine and psychiatry within UNC's School of Medicine, has been appointed to an Institute of Medicine committee studying long-term adverse health issues among veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Study may point way to AIDS cure; new combined therapy helps remove dormant HIV in immune system cells

CHAPEL HILL - A drug known for its anti-seizure and antidepressant activity appears to be the key ingredient in a new combination therapy that may direct scientists to an AIDS cure.

New program aims at early detection, treatment of psychosis in adolescents, young adults

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A new program to open in Chapel Hill this September is aimed at providing early treatment to adolescents and young adults who have experienced psychosis for the first time.

UNC scientists discover new role for protein as fundamental inhibitor of cell movement

CHAPEL HILL -- Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a protein that may inhibit cellular movement, or migration.

UNC researchers: Many aspects of primary health-care system are broken, substantial systemic change is needed

CHAPEL HILL -- Many aspects of the nation’s current primary health-care system are broken, and substantial change is needed for the system to remain viable and provide adequate access to quality health care, according to an analysis by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers.

Less extensive biopsy method helps diagnose cancer progression of large breast tumors

CHAPEL HILL -- New breast cancer research shows for the first time that even women with large breast tumors can benefit from a less invasive biopsy method that has been reserved until now for women with small breast cancers.

Shaw, UNC collaborate in effort to provide resources, mentoring to young prostate cancer researchers

CHAPEL HILL -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Shaw University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine a three-year, $852,263 grant to create the Shaw-Carolina Center for Prostate Cancer Research.

Study identifies protein's role in cell division, may offer new knowledge into tumor growth

CHAPEL HILL -- Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a molecular protein's critical role in cell division and growth.

Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness

CHAPEL HILL - One of the most devastating diseases in sub-Saharan Africa almost disappeared in the late 1950s. That disease, African sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis, largely succumbed to heroic public health efforts -- including relocating entire villages. But in the past several decades, because of post-colonial turmoil, the catastrophic illness has come back to ravage parts of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Sudan and other countries. In some regions, the tsetse fly-borne infection rivals or exceeds the toll AIDS takes.

Dr. Connie Baker joins Four County Primary Care

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - UNC Health Care is pleased to announce that Dr. Connie Baker has joined the medical staff of Four County Primary Care in Henderson, N.C.

Dr. Laura Brooke Lawrence joins University Pediatrics at Highgate

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - UNC Health Care is pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Brooke Lawrence has joined the medical staff of University Pediatrics at Highgate in Durham.

131 UNC physicians included in The Best Doctors in America

CHAPEL HILL - More than 100 physicians in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine who provide patient care at UNC Hospitals are included in the latest compilation of The Best Doctors in America database.