Nov

Gift creates professorship, endowment to support UNC's Thurston Arthritis Research Center

CHAPEL HILL -- A $3 million gift to the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine will support the center's efforts to recruit and retain top faculty, as well as fund part of its research mission.

Study shows increased suicide rate with possible link to nearby industry chemicals in second N.C. community

CHAPEL HILL -- Sustained elevation of the suicide rate in a North Carolina county may be linked to releases of hydrogen sulfide and other airborne chemicals from a nearby paper mill and possibly other industrial sites, a new study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill psychiatrist indicates.

Curtis Media Group, Time Warner Cable and Kohl's partner with N.C. Children's Hospital for N.C. Children's Promise radiothon/telethon

CHAPEL HILL -- For a fourth year, the N.C. Children's Hospital will reach out to more than 1 million people across the state Thursday, Nov. 17, in a live fundraiser aired on radio and television.

Briefs: Earp begins two-year term as president of Association of American Cancer Institutes

Dr. H. Shelton Earp III recently began a two-year term as president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI).

Study: Brain activity related to processing faces is similar in people with, without autism; new findings may help with social interaction

CHAPEL HILL -- New brain imaging research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicates that when people with autism look at a face, activity in the brain area that responds is similar to that of people without autism.

Dr. AnnaMarie Connolly receives 2005 H. Fleming Fuller Award

CHAPEL HILL -- Dr. AnnaMarie Connolly, an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a physician at UNC Hospitals, is this year's recipient of the H. Fleming Fuller Award.

Rhodes scholar

UNC has a new Rhodes Scholar

Fourth N.C. Children's Promise Celebration raises $463,836

CHAPEL HILL -- A preliminary accounting shows that the fourth N.C. Children's Promise Celebration raised $463,826, an increase of $133,879 or 29 percent over the previous year.

Cellular molecule spurs growth of prostate cancer, may provide target for treatment, study indicates

CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have identified a molecule that stimulates the aggressive growth of prostate cancer.

Clinical trial supports better treatment for lupus nephritis

CHAPEL HILL -- Treating lupus patients suffering from kidney inflammation with a medicine known as mycophenolate mofetil may be more effective in inducing remission than treating them with the standard regimen of intravenous cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), a new clinical trial indicates.

Despite decades of study, sexual dysfunction in women remains difficult to measure: UNC researchers

CHAPEL HILL - Since the 18th century, scientists have been trying to describe the differences between men and women when it comes to relationships, love and sexuality. Women's lives have been studied worldwide, yet researchers still have very little consistent information about women's sexual needs, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.