August

UNC Hospitals leads clinical trial of auditory brainstem implant in patients without tumors

Last July, surgeons at UNC Hospitals performed the first auditory brainstem implant procedure in the United States in a patient who did not have inner ear tumors associated with a condition called neurofibromatosis type II (NF2).

Family House Diaries: Anna’s Wish: A New Liver for a New Life

This is the fourth in a series from UNC Health Care that focuses on the stories of UNC Hospitals patients and their families who live in the SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals while receiving or awaiting treatment.

Five tips for back to school time

Back to school time can be problematic for both children and parents. Here UNC Health Care experts offer tips for dealing with five issues that might arise.

Groundbreaking study shows exercise benefits leukemia patients

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that exercise may be an effective way to combat the debilitating fatigue that leukemia patients experience.

UNC Health Care News Briefs for August 11, 2009

 

UNC-led team selected for national cancer drug discovery initiative

A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences will be working with the National Cancer Institute as part of a national effort to bring more targeted cancer therapies to patients as quickly as possible.

Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement

New technique expected to enhance understanding of how cancer spreads

Hot Topic: Who suffers the most in summer heat?

It’s commonplace to hear reminders to monitor infants and the elderly during heat waves. However, data from NC DETECT (the North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool) show that 25-44 year olds visit the emergency department more often with heat-related complaints than any other age group.

Khmer Rouge trials offer baseline study for mental health impact to a society of war crimes tribunal

A UNC-led study finds that 75 percent of Cambodians believe the Khmer Rouge trials will provide justice and promote reconciliation, but more than 87 percent of people old enough to remember the torture and murder during the Khmer Rouge era say the trials will rekindle “painful memories.”

Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in some women

According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children.

UNC study: new approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety

A new UNC study published online in the journal Genome Research describes a new, more effective and less costly method for testing drugs for potential toxicity and one that could also result in more people benefiting from existing drugs.

UNC researchers decode structure of an entire HIV genome

The study, the cover story in the Aug. 6, 2009, issue of the journal Nature, also opens the door for further research which could accelerate the development of antiviral drugs.