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'School of Rock' launches Monday at N.C. Children's Hospital, thanks to Rock Against Cancer and Hot Topic Foundation

CHAPEL HILL -- The first-ever "School of Rock" for hospitalized children will launch Monday, Feb. 6 at the N.C. Children's Hospital, thanks to a generous donation from Rock Against Cancer and the Hot Topic Foundation.

Pediatric heart surgery patients and families to gather Feb. 12 for Reunion of Healthy Hearts

CHAPEL HILL -- The N.C. Children's Hospital will host the 17th annual Healthy Hearts reunion Sunday, Feb. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. for its pediatric heart surgery patients, their families and cardiac-care staff.

New study: Inequality in recreational resources decreases physical activities, boosts weight gain

CHAPEL HILL -- In general, minorities and people with lower incomes have much less access than wealthier people to recreational facilities, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill investigation concludes. The result is that they are less physically active and are more likely to be overweight.

GlaxoSmithKline funds $1.65 million effort for UNC-Duke public health care partnership

CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University for a collaborative partnership to address four pressing local and global health care concerns: quality of care and patient safety, health disparities, global health with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS, and mental health care.

Triangle golfer's strong play benefits the N.C. Children's Hospital

CHAPEL HILL -- Raleigh resident and PGA Tour member Carl Pettersson will donate $35,000 to the Sigma Sigma Sigma Robbie Page Memorial in the Department of Recreational Therapy at the N.C. Children's Hospital on Friday, Feb. 10.

Program to teach Triangle residents about blood clots

CHAPEL HILL -- The public is invited to attend a free seminar titled Blood Clots: Who is at risk, what are the treatments, and how they can be prevented on Saturday, March 4. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park, 4810 Old Page Road in Durham. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Lunch will be provided.

Study sets treatment standard for elderly with colon cancer

CHAPEL HILL -- One of the newest and most potent chemotherapies for colon cancer is as safe and effective for the elderly as it is for younger patients, based on a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-led data review.

UNC Program on Integrative Medicine holds symposium on 'The New Medicine'

CHAPEL HILL -- The UNC Program on Integrative Medicine will host a symposium and reception on "The New Medicine," from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 3 at UNC Health Care's Wellness Center at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill.

UNC's School of Medicine receives $800,000 graduate training grant

CHAPEL HILL -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Medicine a graduate student training grant aimed at introducing doctoral students in the basic sciences to clinical medicine.